SHIZUOKA – Two men have been detained in connection with the abandonment of a woman’s body, which was confirmed Tuesday to be that of a nurse who went missing last month, police said.
The men, one in his 20s and another in his 40s, were arrested on suspicion of illegally confining Mayuko Uchiyama, a 29-year-old nurse from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture.
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