MIE (TR) – Mie Prefectural Police have arrested a male Filipino manufacturing facility employee on suspicion of abandoning the physique of a feminine Chinese language co-worker in a forest in Yokkaichi Metropolis final yr.
On round July 22, 2023, Jervin Bernardez Juni, 32, allegedly dumped the physique of Zhao Xia, then 36, in a grove of timber within the Nakanocho space, stories CBC Information (Sep. 19).
Police haven’t revealed whether or not Juni admits to the allegations. He was despatched to prosecutors on suspicion of abandoning a corpse on Thursday.
The investigation is ongoing with Mie police believing that Zhao was murdered.
Informed her roommate she was going out to eat
Based on police, Juni, who lives within the city of Komono, and Zhao labored on the identical manufacturing facility in Yokkaichi.
At round 5 p.m. on July 22 final yr, Zhao advised her roommate that she was going out to eat. She was by no means seen once more. Her boss on the manufacturing facility reported her lacking with police two days later.
On April 29 this yr, a passerby found skeletal stays within the forest in Nakanocho. The outcomes of a DNA evaluation on the stays proved to be a match for Zhao.
The outcomes of an post-mortem didn’t reveal the reason for loss of life. Nevertheless, the situation of the physique when it was found indicated that the individual had been lifeless for a number of months.
On Wednesday, police arrange a roughly 30-member job pressure at Yokkaichi Nishi Police Station to research the case.