Police capture suspected 'haiku' killer in Japan From Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN July 26, 2013 -- Updated 0739 GMT (1539 HKT) Police have captured a 63-year-old man in connection with a series of killings Tokyo (CNN) -- A 63-year-old man wanted in connection with the murder of five people in a remote Japanese hamlet has been captured after a manhunt involving more than 400 police. Three bodies were found on Sunday after two houses in Mitake, a tiny community in western Japan's Yamaguchi prefecture, were gutted by a "suspicious" fire, Yamaguchi police spokesman Katsumi Harada told CNN on Wednesday. The wanted man -- who lived next to the burned out houses -- disappeared, prompting a huge manhunt. Police found the man in the mountains barely 1 km from the village. He was barefoot, wearing only his underwear when he was discovered, police spokesman Kazutaka Umemoto told CNN. The man was then taken to the nearest police station at Shunan for questioning. The case attracted significant media attention after a note, apparently written in the form of a "haiku" poem -- a short form of Japanese verse -- was left hanging in the window of the fugitive man's home. They have refused to draw a link between the poem and the killings. Mitake is a remote, mountainous community with less than 20 inhabitants. According to local media, the arrested man lived alone, and moved into the neighborhood about 20 years ago to take care of his elderly parents. July 26, 2013 -- Updated 0222 GMT (1022 HKT) This South Korean couple has spent many of the past 60 years believing the other was dead. In fact, he was held prisoner by the North. Captured on tape: A train derailed and snapped in two as it hurtled around a curve in Spain, killing 80 people.