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Mito Police Probe Possible Homicide After Woman Found Bleeding at Apartment Entrance

Detectives are treating the case as potentially criminal based on a stab-like neck wound.

Overview

  • The 27-year-old husband reported finding his wife bleeding at their apartment entrance around 7 p.m. on Dec. 31 and called 119.
  • Emergency crews transported the 31-year-old to a Mito hospital, where her death was confirmed about an hour after arrival.
  • Investigators say the victim had a stab-like wound to the neck and they are examining whether she was killed.
  • The couple lived together in a first-floor unit of a two-story building in Kakarui-cho near the Jōban Expressway Mito interchange.
  • Reports identify the woman as a nail technician, and one article says the husband works in livestock farming, with no arrests or suspects announced.