Japanese police are questioning a worker at Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido on suspicion of placing his wife's body in an animal incinerator. The man in his 30s told investigators he did so, but no body has been found there. Authorities are examining whether it burned completely to ash.
An investigative source said Friday that Japanese police are questioning a city employee in his 30s who works at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on suspicion of leaving his wife's body in the animal crematorium's incinerator.
The man admitted to investigators that he placed the body of his wife, also in her 30s, there. A person close to the woman contacted police this month after failing to reach her since around late March.
The popular zoo has been closed for the past two weeks to prepare for the new season, which begins next Wednesday. Police searched the crematorium area on Friday. The facility is used to cremate deceased zoo animals.