An apparent serial killing case is transfixing and horrifying Japan.
Police investigating the disappearance of a 23 year-old woman found nine dismembered bodies hidden in coolers in an apartment southwest of Tokyo.
They are now trying to identify the victims after the 27 year-old man who lived there confessed to cutting them up and hiding them in cold-storage cases, some covered with cat litter.
It's not clear why neighbours who said they had noticed foul smells coming from the apartment had not raised any alarms.