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Japan Today
a day ago
- Japan Today
50-year-old Russian woman found dead in Osaka apartment
A 50-year-old Russian woman has been found dead in her apartment in Naniwa Ward, Osaka, with marks on her face that look like she had been repeatedly punched, police said. According to police, Elena Ito was found lying face up on her bed at around 10 p.m. Friday by her estranged husband, Kyodo News reported. Her husband called 110. Police said Ito was declared dead at the scene. There was blood on Ito's face and multiple bruises and she had also vomited blood. There were no signs that the apartment had been ransacked. Ito lived alone. Her estranged husband, who is a Russian national, told police he had not been able to contact her for several days and went to her apartment to see if she was alright. The apartment building is about 350 meters west of Osaka Metro Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station. © Japan Today
Tokyo Reported
2 days ago
- Tokyo Reported
Corpse of Russian woman found in Osaka residence
OSAKA（TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police launched a murder investigation after the corpse of a Russian woman was found in her residence in Osaka City's Naniwa Ward on Saturday, reports NHK (June 28). At around 10:00 p.m., the Naniwa Police Station received a report about a woman collapsed and coughing up blood in her residence on the 8th floor an apartment building in Shimodera. Emergency personnel arriving at the residence found Elena Ito, 50, collapsed face-down on the bed. She was confirmed dead at the scene. Due to marks on her face that looked like she had been punched, police are investigating the case as murder. Elena Ito was found dead in her apartment in Naniwa Ward on Saturday (X) According to police, Ito's husband, who lives separately from her in another location in Osaka City, visited the residence just before 10:00 p.m. that day to check on her safety after he had not been able to contact her for several days. Upon entry, he found Ito collapsed. He then asked a Japanese male acquaintance to report the incident. At the time of the discovery, the front door was locked. The husband said that he opened the locked door himself. There were no signs that the apartment had been ransacked, police said. Police will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The building is located about 300 meters west of Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station on the Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line.
