Filipino nabbed on suspicion of abandoning couple’s bodies in Tokyo

The Metropolitan Police Department | The Japan News/Asia News Network

A Filipino man was arrested Monday on suspicion of abandoning the bodies of a married couple, in connection with a case in which two bodies were found under the floor of a house in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward, police said.

The 34-year-old man of Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, whose occupation is unknown, has admitted to the charge, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

The man is an acquaintance of a Filipino woman, 30, who has already been arrested on the same charge.

According to the police, the man in conspiracy with the woman abandoned the bodies of a married couple — both in their 50s — at their home on or around Jan. 16.

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Analysis of security camera footage showed that the woman was with a suspicious person near the couple’s house on the day of the incident, investigative sources said. She was also found to have dumped bloodstained clothing in a garbage can near her home.

The woman was a former girlfriend of the couple’s eldest son, 31, who stated that he and the woman were involved in a dispute over money he had lent her, according to the police.