Husband finds his wife's body on their property a week after she vanished

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More than a week after she was reported missing, a husband in Twentynine Palms has found his wife’s body on the couple’s property, San Bernardion County Sheriff’s Department officials said.

On Oct. 23 around 12 p.m., the husband of 51-year-old Twentynine Palms resident Hiroko Nagao left his home and came back later that day and couldn’t find his wife though her belongings were still there, according to a news release .

But just over a week later on Oct. 31 around 1 p.m., Hiroko’s husband found her body on the property, according to the release. Deputies from the Morongo Station arrived at the residence and investigated the scene.

The Sheriff Department’s Specialized Investigatio