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Police in Mibu, Tochigi Prefecture, have arrested a 45-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 78-year-old mother at their home.
According to police, Kimiko Kobayashi was beaten about the head and face several times by her son, whose name hasn’t been released, at around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sankei Shimbun reported. A neighbor heard a man shouting, and notified a nearby koban (police box).
Police rushed to the house and found Kobayashi lying on the living room floor. Her son was also there. Kobayashi was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Police said the son has remained silent since his arrest and are planning to have him undergo a psychiatric examination.
© Japan Today
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Sad. Sad. Sad. RIP momma! Sadly these are daily events, and this is the norm. If these "kids" moved out at a younger age and made a future for themself these muders would stop happening.
Yasuragi
Why wouldn't the man's name be released if he's not a minor?
Zaphod
Thats bleak. Imagine bringing up a child to be killed by him.
AdamP75
45, unemployed, and living with mommy. I guess he got tired of living by her rules!
Zaphod
Reckless
You are completely forgetting multi-generational living is the norm in many societies, was the norm in our societies before industrialization, and still is the norm in small rural communities, or are you unaware of that? And crime is not higher in those arrangements, rather the opposite.