Yet another skeleton in the closet

[Russell]

Man shows visiting caseworker skeletal remains in closet

A caseworker visiting a man’s home in Tokyo’s Edogawa was shown a dead body that he had been hiding in his apartment, police said Friday.

According to police, the woman was visiting a mentally impaired 59-year-old man on Aug 27, when his 61-year-old brother, with whom he lived, told her that there was a body in his built-in closet, TV Asahi reported. The man proceeded to show the skeletal remains to the caseworker. According to police, when the caseworker visited the property again on Thursday, the man said, “My mom told me these are the remains of someone my father killed before his own death 15 years ago.”

The woman then reported the incident to police who searched the property and discovered the remains wrapped in four garbage bags and placed in a suitcase.

Police say the man was arrested on a charge of unauthorized disposal of a corpse. Identification of the deceased is underway and an investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the incident.