Japanese woman kept mother’s dead body in freezer for a decade

As per sources, the women named as Yumi Yoshino stated that ten years ago she found her mother dead and hid the body because she didn't want to move out from her home in Tokyo.

The women's body was discovered by a cleaner after Ms Yoshino had been forced to leave the apartment due to missing rent payments.

Yoshino was arrested in a hotel in the city of Chiba, near Tokyo.

Police officials stated that the deceased body had been bent to the fit in the freezer and the cause and time of death is still unknown.

"There were no visible wounds on the frozen body, “said police.