A man suspected of leaving his father's body in an apartment was arrested Tokyo Setagaya Aug 15 23:14
A 40-year-old man living in this room was arrested on the suspicion of abandoning a corpse of an elderly man found in an apartment room in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. The deceased father is believed to have lived with him, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details.
The arrest was Kenichi Terui (40), an unemployed person in Kamigaga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.
On the 13th of this month, a skeletonized corpse was found in the room of the apartment where Suspect Terui lived, and the Metropolitan Police Department was investigating the whereabouts.
As a result, on the afternoon of the 15th, when an investigator discovered that he was in an internet cafe in Kawasaki City and asked him about the circumstances, he admitted that he left his father's body.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, he said to the investigation, "I thought that my father might not be moving in January, so I might be dead, but I left it alone without knowing what to do. I was not talking to my father at all ", etc.
His father was suspected of dying in his 70s, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details.