Niigata: 80-year-old woman, 53-year-old son found dead in bathtub in Niigata in possible murder-suicide

The remains of 80-year-old Keiko Sakai and her 53-year-old son, Hidekazu, were found in their bathtub by Niigata police, who are investigating a potential murder-suicide.

On September 15, 2024, the event was reported after police got a call about the circumstances. The circumstances behind both people’s deaths are still being looked into; they shared a residence.

The house was locked and there were no signs of anyone having broken in.

A relative who visited the house called 110 at around 6:35 p.m. on Thursday and said no one had answered the door or the phone. Police went to the house and found the bodies.

According to police, the relative who called 110 had visited the home on Wednesday and met with the mother and son, and said everything seemed normal.

A neighbor told local media, “Whenever we met, the mother would often chat, but I rarely saw her son.