Imagine walking into a quiet suburban home and finding a secret frozen in time — literally.
That’s what Japanese police say happened this week in Ibaraki, northeast of Tokyo.
A 75-year-old woman allegedly kept her daughter’s body hidden in a freezer for nearly 20 years.
Police say Keiko Mori came forward herself on Tuesday, accompanied by a relative.
She told them she had stored the remains of her daughter Makiko, born in 1975.
Officers followed her back to the house and discovered the body, dressed in a T-shirt and underwear, kneeling face-down in a deep freezer.
“Decay was advancing,” a police spokesman said, adding that an autopsy will determine how she died.
Why Hide A Body So Long?
Mori reportedly told investigators she bought the freezer because the smell inside the house was becoming overwhelming.
She now faces charges of abandoning a body — a crime in Japan even if the deceased is a family member.
The case has shocked Japan, a country with one of the world’s lowest crime rates.
How could such a secret last two decades?
Police say Mori lived alone after her husband’s recent death.
Now, the mystery of what really happened to Makiko may finally be forced into the open.
