KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) Three people found dead at a farmhouse in Ueki, Kumamoto Prefecture, were identified Monday as a married couple living in the house and a trainee from China, police said.
Koichi Hirochi, 67, and his wife, Tomiko, 63, were found Sunday afternoon lying in the garden with external injuries. The 22-year-old trainee was found lying in a barn with a rope “hanging above him,” the police said.
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