Editing Kaoru Kobayashi

'''Kaoru Kobayashi''' (小林 薫 ''Kobayashi Kaoru'', born November 30, 1968 in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka) was a former local newspaper delivery man, who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered 7 year old Kaede Ariyama. He was executed by hanging at Osaka Detention Center on February 21, 2013, at age 44.

== Kidnapping and murder ==
On November 17, 2004, Kobayashi kidnapped seven-year-old Kaede Ariyama at random while she travelled from Tomio North Elementary School to her home, near the west-side police station in Tomio. Using Ariyama's cellular phone, Kobayashi sent a photograph of the girl to her mother with the message: "I've got your daughter".<sup>[4]</sup> Kobayashi then murdered Ariyama, and dumped her body in the town of Heguri in the Ikoma District of Nara Prefecture, which was found that night. The autopsy revealed the cause of Ariyama's death to be drowning; the water collected in her lungs was not dirty, so it was assumed that she had been drowned in a sink or bathtub. Several of her teeth were missing and abrasions were found on her hands and feet, which were assumed to have been done by Kobayashi after her death.<sup>[5]</sup> It also appeared that Kobayashi had undressed Ariyama before murdering her and then re-dressed her afterwards.

On December 14, 2004, Kobayashi sent an email from Ariyama's cellular phone to her mother's cellular phone, saying "I'll take her baby sister next" with a photograph

Kobayashi had shown off a photograph of Ariyama to a waitress and customers in a local bar, claiming to have got the photograph from a website.

== Arrest ==
On December 30, 2004, Kobayashi was arrested for kidnapping after he had sent a photograph from Ariyama's cellular phone to his own, which helped speed his arrest because the local cell phone towerslogged the messages sent from the phone. Kobayashi lived in the town of Kawai in Kitakatsuragi District, located in the northwest area of Nara Prefecture along with Tomio and Ikoma, and was arrested after he had finished his morning paper route distributing the news that the suspect would be arrested soon.During a search of Kobayashi's room, the police discovered Ariyama's cellular phone and ''randoseru'', a video and a magazine containing child pornography, and a considerable amount of girls underwear which Kobayashi had stolen between June and December 2004.<sup></sup>

A witness saw Kaede walking to Kobayashi's car, which suggested that they knew each other. However, Kobayashi said, "I would have kidnapped anybody."<sup> </sup>

On January 19, 2005, Kobayashi was prosecuted for kidnapping. Because he had previous sexual offenses involving girls, public attention turned to passing a law in Japan similar to Megan's Law in the United States.

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