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56-year-old man arrested for choking mother to death

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Police said Monday they have arrested a 56-year-old unemployed man for allegedly killing his 77-year-old mother at their apartment in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture.

According to police, the suspect, identified as Kiyoshi Aratake, turned himself in at a nearby police station at around 9:40 a.m. Sunday, TV Asahi reported. When police went to the apartment, they found the body of his mother, Fujiko Aratake, in the bathtub.

According to Aratake, he had an argument with his mother and choked her to death at around midnight. Police said that Aratake had been living with his mother since April and they had ongoing arguments since then.

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Death to this dog.

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Well, it seems he will have a place to stay from now on, minus his mother, at some prison. And no need to worry about finding a job, too.

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@Mirai Hayashi

That is probably the argument that got the mother killed.

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Terrible way to die. He is really low! Jail for life!

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56 years old and moving home to mommy? Guess mom didn't give him what he wanted??

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i hope she wasn't taking a bath at the time of the choking. that would just make it extra weird.

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Give this scum-bag life.

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Aratake had been living with his mother since April and they had ongoing arguments since then

Then MOVE OUT. Get a fricken job and live somewhere else...scumbag!

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