02/09/2023

OSAKA – A 40-year-old woman was arrested in Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture, for killing her boyfriend and keeping his body in a commercial freezer at her home.

40-year-old woman arrested for killing boyfriend, stashing his body in freezer (NTV)

Aya Tomita, an unemployed woman from Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of murdering his boyfriend. According to the police, after killing her boyfriend, she wrapped the body in blankets and other materials in a commercial freezer at her home sometime last month.

At around 1:00 p.m. on February 7, Tomita visited the police station with her parents and reported, “I stabbed my sleeping boyfriend.” She reported that she had purchased a freezer and was storing the body in it. When the police checked, they found the frozen body of a man inside a locked commercial freezer.

The police believe the body to be that of a 39-year-old man with whom she had a relationship, and are hurrying to confirm his identity and investigate the murder as well.

News Source: Japan Today; Nichitere News