NAGAHAMA, Shiga — On April 3, three individuals in western Japan were taken into custody for reportedly storing what is thought to be a woman’s corpse in a household freezer.
The Shiga Prefectural Police apprehended Tatsuhiko Iwase, aged 49, a court secretary from the city of Nagahama within Shiga Prefecture; his father, 72-year-old Koichiro Iwase, who resides with him; and Hideki Nonaka, a 62-year-old temporary worker from the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture. All three were taken into custody under suspicions of being involved in the abandonment of a body.
The trio is alleged to have conspired in leaving the body inside the freezer at the Iwase residence. However, the local authorities haven't revealed if the suspects have confessed to these accusations.
The Shiga Prefectural Police took over the investigation after obtaining details from the Osaka Prefectural Police on April 2. The information pertained to a fatality discovered in Osaka Prefecture on April 1, where a suicide note found at the site listed both the suspected individuals' names and the address of the place involved.
(Originally written in Japanese by Rihi Anzai, Wakayama Bureau)