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.