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Saitama: Corpses of elderly man, daughter found in residence

in Saitama City
The bodies of a man, 90, and his daughter, 63 were found inside their residence in Saitama City last week (Twitter)

SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police are investigating what is believed to have been a murder-suicide following the discovery of the bodies of a man, 90, and his daughter, 63, inside their residence in Saitama City last week, reports TBS News (June 29).

At around 11:40 a.m. on June 29, a certified care worker visiting the residence, located in the Uetakecho area of Kita Ward, found the body of the man in the bathroom and that of his daughter atop a bed.

According to police, neither body exhibited signs of external wounds, and the interior of the residence did not appear to have been ransacked.

Police did not reveal why murder-suicide is suspected.