Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe 'Oldest' man actually died 32 years ago TOKYO, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A man thought to be Tokyo's oldest resident at 111 years old actually died more than 30 years ago and was left to mummify in the family home, a report said. Advertisement Officials discovered the body of Sogen Kato in a room in an apartment in the city's Adachi Ward and believe his family may have kept his death quiet so it could continue receiving his pension benefits, Tokyo's Mainichi Daily News reported Thursday. Family members told officials the man shut himself in the room in 1978 after telling them he wanted to become a "living Buddha," the report said. Instead of being more than a century old, Kato was probably 79 years old when he died. His family continued to receive pension benefits of about 18.5 million yen ($215,000) from the time he died until his death was discovered. A transportation official who visited the home every year for 17 years to deliver a free pass said she was never allowed to see Kato. Advertisement "What a sad world it is when people can overlook the death of someone who is not living alone as an elderly person but in a family," the unnamed transportation official told Mainichi. Woman dumped drinks on hubby at strip club DESTIN, Fla., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a woman who poured drinks on her husband after finding him at a strip club was charged with battery. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office said the 33-year-old Destin woman, whose name was not released, found her husband at the Green Frog Club at about 2 a.m. Saturday and yelled at him for being at the strip bar before dumping several cups of alcoholic beverages on him, Florida Freedom Newspapers reported Thursday. The woman, who admitted pouring drinks on her husband, told deputies she decided to check up on him while he was supposedly out playing pool because he had been lying to her recently. She said she drove around for several hours before locating him at the Green Frog Club. Deputies said the woman was arrested and charged with battery. Naked intruder found sleeping on couch MILLVILLE, Fla., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Florida police responding to a report of a break-in said they found the intruder sleeping naked on a couch inside the home. Advertisement Police said a Millville woman called 911 while hiding in her bathroom shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday and reported a man had broken a kitchen window and was climbing inside, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported Thursday. Investigators arrived and found Hai Thanh Khuu, 39, naked and sleeping on the woman's couch. He was arrested and charged with burglary. Profane e-mail principal transferred MIAMI, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Officials in a Florida school district said a principal who sent a profane e-mail to a parent has been transferred to a different school. Eva Ravelo, 45, the former principal of Coconut Grove Elementary in Miami, was officially transferred Wednesday to Coral Terrace Elementary, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday. Parents of children at Coconut Grove called for Ravelo to be removed after she sent an e-mail to a parent saying to "eat ... and die" with a profane synonym for feces. A school employee said Ravelo had intended the e-mail for an assistant principal, not the parent, and had apologized to those involved.
