It took more than a month to discover the bodies.
Japanese police say the family of three - a couple in their 60s and a son in his 30s - likely starved to death in their own apartment in Saitama Prefecture, just outside of Tokyo. Their refrigerator was empty, their electricity and gas shut off, their rent had gone unpaid for six months.
Police only arrived at their home this week after rent collectors called, asking them to check on the family. The bodies were badly decomposed. A few one yen coins, some candy, and water bottles were all that remained.
(abcnews.go.com)
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