Zoo Employee Admits Burning Wife’s Body in Incinerator in Japan

A male employee at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, has been arrested on suspicion of destroying his wife's body by burning it in the zoo's incinerator. Police say the man has admitted to using the facility to dispose of her remains, and investigators are now examining how and when she died. The case has drawn attention in Japan because it involves a public zoo facility and possible murder before the body was burned.