Overview
- Osaka Prefectural Police reported that a judicial autopsy determined drowning and found fractures to the neck and both hands, along with bruises on the face and hands.
- Investigators are examining possible murder and corpse-abandonment charges, and no suspects or arrests have been disclosed.
- The woman was discovered unclothed and submerged in her home’s bathtub around 9 a.m. on January 30 after her son went to check on her.
- Police estimate the death occurred on the afternoon of January 29, and they say the home’s front door was locked when the son arrived.
- The victim was identified as Kinoshita Keiko, 78, who was believed to live alone, and police say the hand fractures likely reflect defensive injuries.