Japan woman hid mum's frozen corpse for 10 years: reports
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Japan woman hid mum's frozen corpse for 10 years: reports
TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese woman who said she hid her mother s corpse in a freezer in her apartment for a decade told police she feared eviction if the death was discovered, media reported Saturday.
Police told AFP that Yumi Yoshino, 48, was held "on suspicion of abandoning and hiding a female body" found Wednesday in a freezer in a Tokyo apartment.
Yoshino said after finding her mother dead 10 years ago, she hid the body because she "didn t want to move out" of the home they shared, local media reported, citing unnamed police sources.