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Ibaraki Police Detain 75-Year-Old After Confession to Keeping Daughter’s Body in Freezer for 20 Years

Police ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Overview

  • The suspect, identified as Keiko Mori, 75, went to a police station with a relative on Tuesday and confessed.
  • Officers found an adult female body inside a household freezer, kneeling face down and dressed in a T-shirt and underwear.
  • Mori said the remains were those of her daughter, Makiko, born in 1975, with formal findings pending.
  • A police spokesperson reported advanced decomposition, which will complicate forensic analysis.
  • Investigators noted Mori was recently widowed and living alone and confirmed she has other children while withholding further details during the ongoing probe.