Overview
- The employee in his 30s, who was questioned on Thursday, April 23, told police he burned his wife’s body in the zoo’s incinerator.
- Police searches of the incinerator and zoo grounds that began Friday have not found her remains.
- Investigators describe steep forensic hurdles because the animal incinerator can turn large carcasses into ash that is hard to test for human traces.
- The city pushed the reopening into Golden Week and warned visitors that sudden area closures may occur during the investigation.
- Reports differ on whether police have arrested the man on suspicion of improper body disposal.