Sep 06 (Japan Times) - Stab wounds have been found on the burned bodies of an elderly Japanese couple found dead Monday at their rental house in southern Bali, an Indonesian doctor said Tuesday.
Dudut Rustyadi, head of Sanglah General Hospital’s forensic medicine department, said the wounds were found on the bodies of Norio Matsuba, 76, and Hiroko Matsuba, 73.
The man’s neck had been sliced and he had a number of puncture wounds on his back. The woman was stabbed in the neck and stomach, with a rope being tied around her neck and wrists.
Both had extensive posterior burns, and a pile of stacked firewood was found next to their bodies. Rustyadi said autopsies would help to determine the cause of death.
Police Commissioner Aris Purwanto, head of the Denpasar Criminal Investigation Department, said autopsies would be performed after getting approval from family members.
Purwanto said the police have questioned six people, including the couple’s adopted son who found their bodies, as well as their maid and driver.
Source: ANNnewsCH
