A woman in her 70s who has kept her daughter's body in a freezer for 20 years...What's the cause of death?

Sep 29, 2025

A woman in her 70s who has kept her daughter's body in a freezer for 20 years...What's the cause of death?
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A woman in her 70s who has kept her daughter's body in a freezer for as many as 20 years in Japan is shocking by turning herself in.

According to NHK and other Japanese media, a woman named Keiko Mori (75), who lives in Aimicho, Ibaraki Prefecture, visited the police station on the 24th and kept her daughter's body in the freezer at home", he turned himself in.

Police searched and found the body of a woman wearing a T-shirt and underwear in the freezer. Several air fresheners were also present.




According to an initial investigation, the cause of death in women is believed to have died of asphyxia due to strong pressure on the neck. There was also a wound on the head that appeared to have been hit by a blunt instrument.

Mori claimed the body was his daughter Makiko (born 1975), and if he had been alive, he would have been 49 or 50 this year, police said.

The body was quite decomposed.




Morey stated in a police investigation that "The smell spread inside the house, so I bought a freezer and put the body in it." It also said three people were living, her husband, who died earlier this month, and her mother-in-law, who died a few years ago, while her daughter lived elsewhere.

Police are investigating the cause of death of their daughter.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.