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A 26-year-old man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of abandoning his wife’s body, which was found the previous day with the legs missing just offshore in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo, police said.
Seiya Taira, who turned himself in Thursday night, has admitted to severing the legs of his 26-year-old wife, Fubuki, and dumping her body in the sea, the police said.
“I drove from home to the seashore after putting (the body) in a suitcase,” Taira was quoted as saying.
He is thought to have abandoned the body around 2:15am on Thursday in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa prefecture, the police said.
Why are Japan’s famously reserved citizens becoming more violent?
Taira gave himself up at a police station in Kawasaki about 8pm the same day. He said he “couldn’t bear the feeling of guilt,” according to the police.
An autopsy has found Fubuki was strangled, while one of her legs was found on Friday morning in the sea near the site, officials said.
The police and rescue workers found the woman’s body face down on the beach about 1.5 kilometres south of JR Hiratsuka Station on Thursday morning after receiving an emergency call around 8:30am.
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The police and rescue workers found the woman’s remains face down on a beach near Tokyo
The suspect gives himself up, saying he ‘couldn’t bear the feeling of guilt’


The police and rescue workers found the woman’s remains face down on a beach near Tokyo.


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Japanese man arrested, admits dumping wife’s legless body in sea

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}The police and rescue workers found the woman’s remains face down on a beach near Tokyo The suspect gives himself up, saying he ‘couldn’t bear the feeling of guilt’

The police and rescue workers found the woman’s remains face down on a beach near Tokyo

The suspect gives himself up, saying he ‘couldn’t bear the feeling of guilt’