Body found in hotel curled in a suitcase
Posted on Sunday, September 7, 2008
TOKYO — The dead body of an unidentified woman was found curled up in a suitcase in a Tokyo hotel room, a day after the foul smell of her body prompted the evacuation of dozens of guests, police said Saturday.
Police are looking for the owner of the suitcase and the person who booked the room on the 24 th floor of the Shinjuku Washington Hotel where the body was found Friday night, a Tokyo police official said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.
The body was that of a trim woman in her 50 s or 60 s who was dressed in a polo shirt and trousers. Her body was curled in the fetal position inside a plastic bag within the suitcase, the official said.
The woman had no visible injuries and the cause of death was not immediately obvious, he said, adding that it wasn’t clear how long she had been in the room or how long she had been dead.
The hotel room guest’s identity was not disclosed. Police were investigating the cause of death.
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