Editing Kaoru Kobayashi (section)

== 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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