Asahiyama Zoo Employee Sent to Prosecutors for Wife's Murder

Tokyo, May 24 (CNA) - Tatsuya Suzuki, a 33-year-old employee of Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, was sent to prosecutors today on suspicion of murdering his wife. Police noted that the suspect had searched for terms such as 'strangulation' and 'difference between murder and injury resulting in death' months before the incident, suggesting premeditation. The suspect admitted to the crime, stating his wife suspected him of having an affair. He is also accused of destroying the body using the zoo's incinerator and has already been indicted for corpse abandonment. Police are investigating further, believing he destroyed his wife's phone to cover his tracks.