Police Arrest Three Teens in Slaying of Junior High Student

KAWASAKI, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 27: Flowers and prayers are offered at a makeshift memorial where Ryota Uemura's body was found on February 27, 2015 in Kawasaki, Japan. Three teenagers, one 18-year-old and two 17-year-old, were arrested on suspicion of murdering a 13-year-old boy whose stabbed, naked body was found along the Tamagawa river. He had been repeatedly stabbed in his neck, face and arms. A bloodied paper-cutting knife was found nearby. A fire was reported around 3am on February 20 in a public toilet in a park about 700 meters from Uemura's body. Police suspect the three teenagers burned the boy's clothes and shoes to destroy evidence. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)