Police in Tokyo have arrested a 22-year-old woman working at an adult entertainment establishment on suspicion of mutilating and abandoning her newborn daughter's body in the freezer of the workplace waiting room. The incident came to light on December 6 when an employee discovered the remains. The woman told police the baby was not moving or crying after birth, and she fainted.
Rei Obara, a 22-year-old woman with no fixed address working at an adult entertainment establishment in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, gave birth in the office at her workplace in March. According to police, she said the baby was not moving or crying, and she fainted. Upon waking, she found the baby discolored and stated, “I couldn't leave it like that, so I decided to cut it into pieces.”
A few days later, she dismembered the body using a box cutter in her hotel room, placing the arms and legs in food storage containers and the head in a plastic bag. She stored these in the freezer of the large refrigerator in the waiting room because, she said, “I wanted to keep it close.” The torso, she claimed, “I threw it in the trash can in the waiting room.” Obara continued working at the sex shop afterward.
The discovery occurred on December 6 when a male employee found the body parts while cleaning the refrigerator. Obara's fingerprints were on the plastic bag. Police arrested her on suspicion of mutilation and abandonment, though no murder charges have been mentioned.
This case highlights a tragic incident in the facility's waiting area, with Obara's account suggesting complicated circumstances at birth, though details remain under investigation.