The Kanagawa Prefectural Police confirmed Tuesday that officers had found the body of 28-year-old missing British teacher Alice Hodgkinson, adding that the death was not suspicious.
While the woman’s disappearance and the discovery of her body have made headlines in the British media, Japanese police had remained silent on the issue, as the investigation was ongoing.
A spokesman for the prefectural police said Tuesday that Hodgkinson’s body had been found on Wednesday evening and not in her apartment in the city of Yokohama. The discovery ended a weeklong search launched after the woman had failed to show up for work, which left her family desperately searching for answers.