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Police in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, said Monday they have arrested a 48-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of killing her 70-year-old mother.
According to police, Mayumi Takashima has admitted to strangling her mother Tomoko just after 12 noon on Sunday, Sankei Shimbun, Police said the woman called 110 at 2 p.m. and said she had killed her mother.
Police rushed to the apartment and found Tomoko lying in the livingroom, with a cord bound around her neck. She was confirmed dead at the scene.
Police said Takashima has been speaking incomprehensibly since her arrest and has provided no motive for her actions.
© Japan Today
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sir_bentley28
Lemmie guess "she was worn out from taking care of her mother!" This is ALWAYS the case.
DNALeri
Her speaking incomprehensibly is probably a sign of some kind of mental disease.
UlsterBoy
One would have to wonder if, there was ever a concern over the mental ability of the Daughter to attend to her Mother's daily needs, why such a situation was allowed to continue ?
I hope a thorough investigation is a bit more revealing here, and results in possible changes to Law relating to such matters.