DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Sunday said the Philippine government has reached out to Japan over the case of a Filipina arrested in Tokyo for allegedly abandoning the dead bodies of a Japanese couple.
Hazel Ann Morales was arrested in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward earlier this week on suspicion of abandoning the bodies of married couple in Adachi Ward, Tokyo,
“We are already geared up to provide legal assistance,” Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac, officer-in-charge of the Department of Migrant Workers said.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Friday arrested Morales on suspicion of abandoning the bodies of a married couple in Adachi Ward, Tokyo.
The woman was a former girlfriend of the couple’s eldest son, who stated that he and the woman were involved in a dispute over money he had lent her, according to the police.
The 30-year-old woman of Adachi Ward is suspected of abandoning the bodies of the couple — both in their 50s — at their home in Adachi Ward on or around Tuesday, the police said. She denies the charge, saying she knows nothing about the incident.
The eldest son had previously loaned several hundred thousand yen to the woman, his former girlfriend, but there was a dispute over repayment, according to investigative sources.
Two bodies were found wrapped in sheets under the floor of a house in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday afternoon, according to police sources.
A couple in their 50s who live in the house have been missing since Tuesday evening. Police were searching the home when they made the discovery on Thursday, and they believe the bodies may be the missing pair.
The Metropolitan Police Department set up a special investigation headquarters at the Senju Police Station to investigate the matter as a case of abandoned bodies.
According to investigators, the couple’s son called police on Tuesday evening, saying: “When I came home from work, my parents were gone. There are blood stains on the floor.”
When police officers arrived at the house, there were indications that blood had been removed from the entrance. Believing that the couple had been involved in some kind of incident, they began investigating and on Thursday afternoon found two bodies wrapped in sheets under the floor.
