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Board denies parole to convicted murderer
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Posted on Sep 18 2000
The Board of Parole has denied the application of inmate Edwin Christin Santos who was convicted of murdering a Japanese tourist 10 years ago on grounds that he is still considered a threat to public safety and security.
An order recently issued by Board Chair Antonio G. Adriano said that Mr. Santos’ release would belittle the seriousness of the crime he committed and promote disrespect for law.
It added that the continued correctional treatment, medical care or vocational or other training in the institution will help the convict become a law abiding person when released at a later date.
Mr. Santos is serving a 40-year imprisonment for the slaying of Kazuko Inoue, who was found lying face down in a pool of blood on the abandoned Japanese airstrip in Koblerville on Sept. 23, 1990. When discovered by the police, Ms. Inoue’s hands were tied at the wrist with a piece of cloth and she had a gaping hole on her lower left back.
Ms. Inoue was last seen by her friends and traveling companions on the evening before she was brutally murdered at Diamond Hotel where they were all billeted.. Witnesses said the last person who had contact with Ms. Inoue was Mr. Santos, a cab driver, thus, the police questioned him at the station.
During the police interrogation, Mr. Santos admitted that he stabbed Ms. Inoue because the tourist allegedly kept on asking for a marijuana. He drove her to Koblerville airstrip, tied up Ms. Inoue’s hands and stabbed her three times.
Mr. Santos was charged with first degree murder on Sept. 26, 1990 and a plea agreement subsequently reached allowed the defendant to plead guilty to second degree murder on Nov. 16, 1990.
