OSAKA -- An Osaka prison guard was arrested Saturday by prefectural police on suspicion of murdering his daughter-in-law and grandson in April, police said.
Takemitsu Mori, 45, a former Osaka Prefectural Police officer, is alleged to have strangled his daughter-in-law, Mayumi, 28, and drowned his 1-year-old grandson, Toma, in the bathtub, before setting fire to their apartment in Osaka's Hirano Ward on the evening of April 14.
During voluntary questioning by police prior to his arrest, Mori categorically denied any involvement, saying he knows nothing about the incident.