Man found with corpses charged with manslaughter

REXBURG, Idaho – A man who apparently lived with the decomposed bodies of his wife and daughter was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter.

The bodies of Lorraine Kaneko, 58, and Laura Kaneko, 33, were found in the Kaneko family’s doublewide mobile home on June 19, 2004.

Madison County Prosecutor Sid Brown charged Kenichi David Kaneko, 66, with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of abandonment of a vulnerable adult and one count of desertion and nonsupport of a spouse, KTVB-TV reported.

An autopsy showed the mother had been dead at least three years, and the daughter at least one year. It was not possible for authorities to determine how they died, but autopsies ruled out gunshot, stabbing, poisoning and anything that would have caused broken bones.

Kenichi David Kaneko had not cooperated with investigators.

Investigators say he continued living in the home after his wife and daughter died. The bodies were discovered by police after relatives asked them to check on the women. The women had been in seclusion for more than a decade.