In June, when a human skull was found at a garbage recycling factory in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, the bones were confirmed to belong to a 67-year-old man who lived in Tokyo at the time, and the Metropolitan Police Department put the man's bones in a garbage dump. On suspicion of abandonment, he arrested his 68-year-old brother who lived with him.
It means that he has denied the charges against the investigation.
On June 21, at a private recycling factory in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, a bag containing a human skull and a part of a jawbone was found.
According to the investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department, the bone was confirmed to belong to Hideo Murai (67 at that time) who lived in Kita Ward.
There is no noticeable trauma and it appears to be several months after death.
Non-burnable garbage was collected from various parts of the city at the recycling factory, and as a result of an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department, it was found that the older brother who lived with Mr. Murai had thrown the bag containing bones into the garbage dump. So, I was arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body by the 1st.
The person arrested was Tadashi Murai, a 68-year-old unemployed person in Kita Ward, who denied the charges, saying, "I'm sure I threw it away, but I thought the bones were replicas, not real ones." about it.
He also said, "I thought my brother was in the hospital. He hasn't seen him for five years." The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details.