IBARAKI (TR) – Ibaraki Prefectural Police have introduced {that a} physique discovered buried within the city of Yachiyo is that of a girl who went lacking 4 years in the past.
On Wednesday, police stated that the physique is that of Junko Mori, who was 65 when she went lacking from her dwelling in Kogo Metropolis in 2020, reviews the Asahi Shimbun (Nov. 11).
At round 6:00 a.m. on Might 6, 2020, Mori’s eldest son referred to as police. “Assist me,” he stated. When cops rushed to his dwelling, they arrested the son after he started behaving as if he had used medication.
The son reportedly stated of Mori, who additionally lived on the residence, that “she dedicated suicide at dwelling.” Nonetheless, her physique was by no means discovered.
In July of this yr, an individual was arrested and detained at a police station outdoors the prefecture over a distinct case. The suspect acknowledged that they “buried Mori’s physique a number of years in the past.”
In October, prefectural police excavated a area within the Hiratsuka space of Yachiyo. In the course of the work, they discovered the physique wrapped in a plastic sheet.
The individual was a mutual acquaintance of Mori and her son. “I buried the physique on the son’s request,” the suspect stated.
In the meantime, the son has been convicted of a separate drug-related crime and is serving his sentence outdoors the prefecture. He instructed police, “I requested an acquaintance to get rid of the physique.”
Based mostly on the situation of Mori’s physique, police suspect that she had been lifeless for a number of years. The reason for demise just isn’t recognized. The case is being handled as abandoning a corpse.
