Man arrested on suspicion of hiding woman’s body in wall of bar he runs in Japan’s Hokkaido
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The bar, on Jan 10, where a woman’s body was hidden in a wall in Hidaka, Hokkaido, in Japan.
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SAPPORO – A 49-year-old man was arrested Jan 10 in Hidaka, Hokkaido, for allegedly hiding a woman’s body inside a wall of a bar he runs, the police said.
According to the Hokkaido prefectural police, the man is believed to have hidden the body of a female acquaintance inside the wall around Dec 31.
The police said that the suspect admitted to the charges, saying: “I definitely hid the body inside the wall.”
The prefectural police said the body was believed to be that of a woman in her 20s who could not be contacted since the evening of Dec 31. A missing person report had been filed with the police. THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
