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TOKYO (AFP) – A Japanese woman who said she hid her mother’s body in a freezer in her apartment for a decade told police she feared she would be evicted if the death was discovered, media reported on Saturday (January 30). ).
Police told AFP that Yumi Yoshino, 48, was detained “on suspicion of abandoning and concealing a female body” found inside the freezer in a Tokyo apartment on Wednesday.
Yoshino said he hid the body 10 years ago because he “did not want to move” from the house he shared with his mother after finding her dead, local media reported, citing unidentified law enforcement sources.
The mother, who is believed to be in her 60s at the time of her death, was named in the rental of the apartment in a municipal housing complex, Kyodo News said.
Yoshino was forced to leave the apartment in mid-January after failing to pay his rent, according to reports, and a cleaner discovered the body in a freezer hidden in a closet.
An autopsy was unable to determine the timing and cause of the woman’s death, according to reports.
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