Boy found dead outside housing complex may have leaped to his death

The Mainichi Shimbun
January 8, 2008
Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080108p2a00m0na008000c.html

OITA -- A junior high school boy found dead outside a housing complex here Tuesday may have committed suicide by leaping from the building, investigators said.

At around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the 15-year-old boy was found lying on the roof above the entrance hall of an apartment complex in Oita by a family member. He was rushed to a hospital where he died from massive head injuries.

Investigators suspect that he may have leaped from the structure and landed on the roof.

No suicide note has been found. The boy, a third-year junior high school student, appeared worried about his school grades, investigators said.

（Mainichi Japan） January 8, 2008