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Doctor Indicted for Dismembering and Disposing of Wife's Body; Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office Continues Investigation Into Circumstances of Death (Kyodo News)

On the 21st, the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Kenji Shimomura (46), a doctor from Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, on charges of mutilating and abandoning a corpse, for allegedly dismembering his wife's body and throwing it into a river in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture. The prefectural police are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding his wife's death. According to the indictment, the defenda…
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On the 21st, the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office indicted a man arrested in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, on charges of mutilating a corpse and other offenses, for allegedly dismembering his wife's body and abandoning it in a river. The defendant, Kenji Shimomura (46), a doctor, is accused of dismembering his wife's body, including her head, in August of last year at their home in Amagasaki City and abandoning the remains in a river.…

On the 21st, the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Kenji Shimomura (46), a doctor from Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, on charges of mutilating and abandoning a corpse, for allegedly dismembering his wife's body and throwing it into a river in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture. The prefectural police are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding his wife's death. According to the indictment, the defenda…

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
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