Tokyo police arrest 22-year-old woman on suspicion of dismembering her baby

Tokyo police arrested a 22-year-old woman Thursday on suspicion of dismembering and abandoning the body of her infant after remains were found inside a freezer at the office of a dispatch-style sex business in the capital’s Sumida Ward.

The Metropolitan Police Department said the suspect, Rei Obara, an employee of the business, has no fixed address. She has admitted to the allegations, investigators said.

“I thought I had to hide it, so I cut the body up,” Obara told police. “But I wanted to keep the baby close to me, so I put it in the freezer.”