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Man arrested for strangling wife with pajamas
AGEO, Saitama -- A man arrested Wednesday for strangling his wife at their apartment late last month has told investigators that he killed her because she was mentally unstable, and that he dismembered her body because it was decomposing, police said.
Takeshi Fukuhara, 29, a company employee living in Ageo, is accused of murdering his 32-year-old wife, Emi.
"I couldn't tolerate seeing my wife suffering from depression," Fukuhara was quoted as telling investigators. "I cut her body with a saw and a paper cutter because it had begun to decompose.
Local police are poised to conduct an autopsy on the victim's body in a bid to determine the cause of her death.
At around 10 a.m., on June 27, Fukuhara strangled his 32-year-old wife with pajama trousers at their apartment in Ageo, investigators said.
Fukuhara turned himself in to Ageo Police Station in the predawn hours of Wednesday accompanied by two friends.
Officers rushed to his home and found his wife's body in a plastic container in a closet. Her body was covered with soil for gardening and her neck had been severed, investigators said. (Mainichi)
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AGEO, Saitama -- A man arrested Wednesday for strangling his wife at their apartment late last month has told investigators that he killed her because she was mentally unstable, and that he dismembered her body because it was decomposing, police said.
Takeshi Fukuhara, 29, a company employee living in Ageo, is accused of murdering his 32-year-old wife, Emi.
"I couldn't tolerate seeing my wife suffering from depression," Fukuhara was quoted as telling investigators. "I cut her body with a saw and a paper cutter because it had begun to decompose.
Local police are poised to conduct an autopsy on the victim's body in a bid to determine the cause of her death.
At around 10 a.m., on June 27, Fukuhara strangled his 32-year-old wife with pajama trousers at their apartment in Ageo, investigators said.
Fukuhara turned himself in to Ageo Police Station in the predawn hours of Wednesday accompanied by two friends.
Officers rushed to his home and found his wife's body in a plastic container in a closet. Her body was covered with soil for gardening and her neck had been severed, investigators said. (Mainichi)
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