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2 brothers arrested after keeping father’s corpse in house for 9 months

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Police in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested two brothers on suspicion of abandoning a corpse after they failed to notify authorities about the death of their 75-year-old father and kept his body in his house.

According to police, Harutsugu Nagashima, 49, and his brother Koji, 45, both unemployed, have admitted to the charge, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said the brothers told them their father Teruo died of natural causes in January, but police said this has not been confirmed.

The siblings, who were arrested on Sept 20, said they had continued to receive their father’s pension.

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The crime is not keeping his corpse at home. The crime is continuing to collect his pension.

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Both unemployed. I would have never guessed that. Yeah.

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I wonder how they preserved the corpse. I do not think an ordinary fridge is big enough or cold enough to store a human body. Therefore a not too small freezer is needed to do the job. Or can be in some kind of liquid preservatives or salt water in the bathroom tub?

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"they had continued to receive their father’s pension"

stealin from the j-gov't, until caught.

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Were there not some American movies with this plot, called "Weekend at Bernies"? But those involved many stupid people overlooking the cadaver.

I guess the Nagashima brothers didn't entertain much.

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Again?

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@expat, good solution, but these days rig a ma roll, seems to be the way here; undergirded by the enduring pique of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.

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