Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, said Monday they have arrested a 72-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 46-year-old disabled daughter.
According to police, Ko Matsunuma beat her daughter Hiroko about the head with a blunt object at their home in Tama Ward on Saturday night, Fuji TV reported. On Sunday morning, Matsunuma went to a nearby river and jumped in. However, she was rescued by passersby who called 119. She then told police she had killed her daughter.
Police went to her home and found Hiroko dead, lying face-up on a futon.
Police said Matsunuma has admitted to killing her daughter and quoted her as saying that after she died, there would be no one to look after her daughter who had suffered from a heart defect since she was born.
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WA4TKG
What are moms for ?
Michael Jackson
More family murders yet my question about what percent of murders in Japan are within the family remains unanswered
Aly Rustom
That is so sad.
Realization
Japanese Govt. fail to protect disabled peoples, they are just looking for healthy/young to generate revenue.
If Govt. take proper care then this kind of incident never happen as she said (Matsunuma has admitted to killing her daughter and quoted her as saying that after she died, there would be no one to look after her daughter )
starpunk
Pure evil.
Michael Jackson
"Hold still Hiroko. I'm going to beat you to death because I'm worried about your future. Mama knows best dear."
taj
46 years of care-giving and when she realizes she can't keep it up - she can see that there's no one and nothing to step in and take over. The state of public services in this country is certainly lacking. How awful.
smithinjapan
There's not enough care offered by society here for disabled people, and even then that that is offered is almost completely volunteer. I have a number of friends with disabled children or relatives and they have this concern all the time; they are now in their 50s or 60s and their children are too severely disabled to live an care for themselves, and they don't know what to do. Still, they seek each other and help each other out, and there ARE some organisations that help. While I can somewhat understand the woman's feelings, and I have no doubt she is probably relieved in a way, you still don't kill.
Maria
I don't condone this, but I can see where she's coming from - though would have tried for a less violent killing. However, there aren't many ways of killing available to an elderly woman. Hopefully she drugged her daughter first.
When the elderly parents of a disabled adult die, and there is nobody to take care of that adult, what happens to them next can't be good. I mean, does anyone know what does happen in such cases?
Do the hustle
Sadly, this is quite true in Japan, but it does not justify murder.
Another family murder to add to the daily increasing tally.
simon g
Dads, neighbors and social workers as well?
ThePBot
There should be governmental agencies that should help take care of the disabled more and relieve such social pressures from people.
But this scenario may also stem from a cultural factor of not wanting to burden others.
Giveme_abreak
I'm not saying that I agreed on her killing her daughter.
46 years was a lot of hard work.
I have a tremendous respect for this woman, imagine she is 72 and she has been caring for her daughter since she was 26.
The government is to blame for this.