Adult star's 'mysterious' death after she's discovered tied to a tree naked in forest

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Police are investigating Hiroyuki Sanpei, a man they say had been texting her before she went missing, and whose property her body was found close to. READ MORE: Zara Aleena murder accused Jordan McSweeney makes first appears in court Sanpei, of Minamiashigara, Kanagawa Prefecture, was arrested last week on suspicion of kidnapping and confining Arano.

The pair are believed to have met at Mito Station in Ibaraki Prefecture on June 5 after messaging each other on Twitter, with the texts having been found on Sanpei’s smartphone.Police say that after picking Arano up at the station, Sanpei drove to his villa in Hitachiota, with drive recorder installed in Sanpei’s car capturing images of the car driving along a forest road that appeared to be near the place where the body was found.Sanpei has denied the allegations, saying he took Arano with him to the villa and then dropped her off at a nearby store later on.He also said he handcuffed her briefly, but did it with her consent, police said. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here . Sampei told police he’s not sure where Arano went after she left his home, though her cellphone was found inside his home, according to Japan Today.Investigators believe that the 33-year-old dumped her body in an inconspicuous place, on a slope about six meters below a forest road near Sanpei’s villa.Part of the 23-year-old porn star's upper body was decomposed, but there were no noticeable external injuries on the body.Arano, a resident of Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward, was reported as missing by her family on June 8.Born in 1999 and hailing from Tokyo the late porn star reportedly did a lot of projects as a freelancing nude model.