OSAKA (Kyodo) A body found Monday inside an oil drum pulled from the bottom of Obama Bay in Fukui Prefecture is believed to be that of an 19-year-old Osaka youth missing since April, police said.
The Osaka Prefectural Police found the oil drum near the Aoto no Ohashi bridge in the town of Ooi based on a confession by a 26-year-old man who has allegedly admitted murdering the teen.
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