OSAKA -- The badly decomposed bodies of five adult siblings were found by police Wednesday evening in the Sennan, Osaka Prefecture, home of their 66-year-old uncle, a self-styled guru.
Police said they found the bodies -- one man and four women -- at around 6 p.m. on a futon at the house of 66-year-old Takao Wakasa.
The bodies were identified as the son and daughters of Wakasa's younger sister Akiko, 64, who shared the home with her brother and her children. The names and ages of the dead were given as Minoru, 27, Hiromi, 28, Eiko, 29, Kaoru, 38, and Suiko, 41.
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