Police found the bodies of a missing Iwate Prefecture woman and her daughter Tuesday based on the confession of a man who said he killed them during a bungled burglary attempt last week.
Kazuyuki Wakabayashi, 29, of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, told officers Monday night that he killed Noriko Ueno, 52, and her daughter, Yuki, 25, and dumped their bodies in mountains in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, several kilometers from their home.
His initial arrest is on suspicion of dumping the corpses.