A 73-year-old man, his 49-year-old wife, and his 70-year-old brother and have been found dead in their house in Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture, in what police believe was a murder-suicide.
According to police, the bodies of Masaru Atsumi, 70, his brother Mitsu, 73, and Masaru’s wife Ichie were found by a relative at around 1 p.m. on Sunday, Kyodo News reported. Police said Masaru and Mitsu, found in their rooms on the second floor, had been strangled, while the body of Ichie was found in the bathtub. Her neck and wrists had stab wounds.
Police said Ichie, a part-time worker, had been the caregiver for her husband and his brother who were both ailing. They suspect she killed the brothers and then herself.
© Japan Today
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Rakuraku
We see this type of info everyday recently. What is going on?
Saori
I wonder what the real murder numbers are in Japan? Do they include family based killings that are a real problem in this country.
Spitfire
Gotta agree with Rakuraku.
A cult involved?
wallace
All murders however it happens are recorded.
Saori
I see, thanks!
Do you know what percentage are family-based?
wallace
I do not know but some agency will.
Speed
Get used to it. As the huge number of the elderly population increases even further, this will be a permanent stable in news reporting here.
kaimycahl
That says it all, the poor women was tired of taking care of her ailing husband and his brother and working part time and then perhaps doing regular house work! At 49 years old she still had some good years left, instead she killed everyone went to the bath room and got in the tub to bleed out after doing herself in. Sad!!!
Ichie was found in the bathtub. Her neck and wrists had stab wounds. Ichie, a part-time worker, had been the caregiver for her husband and his brother who were both ailing.
oyatoi
These incidents are occurring with such regularity that a separate category is needed to accommodate them; ‘Culture’ perhaps.
Novacks
Looks unusual, with a brother involved in this one,
Yrral
Do Japanese have support system for people