Man admits to abandoning wife’s body in zoo incinerator in Hokkaido

A man in his 30s employed at the Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, has told police that he abandoned his wife’s body in an incinerator at the zoo, investigative sources said on April 24.
The Hokkaido prefectural police are investigating the case as a possible instance of abandoning a body.
According to the sources, an acquaintance of the wife, who was also in her 30s, reported her missing to the police on April 23.
During voluntary questioning, the husband reportedly admitted to abandoning her body in an incinerator at the zoo. Based on his statement, the police are searching the facility with an incinerator within the municipal zoo’s grounds.