Female nail technician found dead in Mito, Japan with apparent stab wound to neck


Police officers examine the site where a female nail technician was found collapsed at an apartment in Mito on Thursday. - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

MITO, (Japan): A female nail technician was found bleeding and collapsed inside her apartment in Mito.

She was later pronounced dead at a hospital on Wednesday (Dec 31). She had a wound on her neck that appeared to be from stabbing.

Police are conducting a judicial autopsy to determine the cause of death, and investigating the possibility of homicide.

Her husband found her when he returned home, where they lived alone, at around 7pm on the day and made an emergency call, police said.

The incident took place in a residential area near the Mito Interchange on the Joban Expressway. - The Yomiuri Shimbun

 

 

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