decomposition

decompositionは「分解（過程，状態），腐敗（過程，状態）」を指しますが，日本語では「損傷が激しい」といったeuphemismを使って表現することを再確認した次第です。（GP）

3 bodies found under house in Hyogo

Police said Sunday they have found the remains of three people under a house belonging to a woman who was arrested for murder last year in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.

Miyoko Sumida, 64, was arrested and charged with beating to death 66-year-old Kazuko Oe and encasing her body in concrete inside a metal drum which was found in a warehouse last year. Responding to reports that a series of people in the local area had gone missing and that other bodies may have been hidden at Sumida’s home, police searched the property Sunday and discovered two bodies in the earth underneath the house, Fuji TV reported.

According to police, one of the bodies is that of a woman who is thought to have died over a year ago. However, the age and gender of the other body, found nearby, could not be ascertained due to the decomposition of the remains, investigators said.

Police said Monday that analysis of other bone fragments found nearby confirmed they belonged to a third body, Fuji reported.

Police believe one of the bodies may be that of an 87-year-old woman, a former resident of the property, who went missing around 10 years ago. According to the police, at least five people have been reported missing in the area.

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