How police connected the dots to arrest father after Kyoto Pref. boy found dead (Mainichi Japan) NANTAN, Kyoto -- Early on April 16, Kyoto Prefectural Police arrested the father of an 11-year-old boy whose body was found in the prefecture on April 13, following a search by over 1,000 personnel. Police arrested Yuki Adachi, 37, on suspicion of abandoning the body of his son Yuki, a student at the local Sonobe Elementary School. The 11-year-old had been missing for three weeks before his remains were discovered. The case had left many mysteries, with no witness accounts and the boy's body and belongings discovered in separate locations far apart. Behind the sudden arrest was an under-the-surface police investigation that gradually connected one puzzling point to another. From around 7 a.m. on April 15, nearly 10 police vehicles arrived one after another near the suspect's home in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, and dozens of investigators gathered there. The area was cordoned off, and the quiet mountain community was enveloped in a tense atmosphere. Police began a search of the home, and the boy's missing-person case developed into a criminal investigation. Why belongings were found one after another The investigation shifted dramatically on April 12. While continuing their search, police found shoes in the mountains in the city between the boy's home and his elementary school that resembled the black sneakers he had been wearing. The next day, his body was found in a mountain forest 4 kilometers away. Why were his belongings and body found one after another in such a short period in this vast mountainous area? According to sources close to the investigation, the discoveries were not a coincidence. Police were proceeding with specific targets in mind. From immediately after the 11-year-old went missing, police had deployed a total of more