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Murder suspect asked lawyer not to talk about daughter's death

AKITA, Japan - Hideki Arisaka, a lawyer for Suzuka Hatakeyama in Akita Prefecture who was indicted July 17 on charges of murdering a neighborhood boy, said in Noshiro in the prefecture the same day that Hatakeyama asked him not to talk to the media about the case of her daughter's death in April for the time being. According to investigative sources, Hatakeyama, reversing past statements, has admitted to killing her 9-year-old daughter Ayaka by throwing the girl from a bridge into a river. (Kyodo)