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Police in Tokyo said Tuesday they have arrested a 74-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 37-year-old daughter at their apartment.
According to police, Kohei Masuda strangled his daughter Emiko with a scarf sometime between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Monday at their apartment in Toyotamanaka, Nerima Ward, Fuji TV reported. The two lived alone.
At around 9:45 a.m., Masuda turned himself in at Nerima Police Station and said he had strangled his daughter to death. He was quoted as saying he was pessimistic about his daughter’s future.
Police said that Emiko consulted with them several times in December and earlier this month regarding unstable workplace relationships with colleagues and financial troubles with acquaintances.
© Japan Today
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Bintaro
Damn. Father of the year...
nakanoguy01
geeze, both daughter and father sound unstable. why would she go to the police to report social and financial problems, and why would the father kill her because she had these problems?
painted
something is wrong here
krustytheclown
He was pessimistic about his daughter's future and now she has none. So sad.
maybeperhapsyes
Strangling seems to be a "popular" method of doing someone in, here in Japan.
A particularly cold and callous method I may add.
How could a father do this to his offspring?
Aly Rustom
So kill her. Yep. That ought to brighten her future up real good. WTH???????
Disillusioned
This is weird! Do people really go to the police because of trouble at work and money troubles with friends? Then, her father strangles her because of being pessimistic over her future? I think this whole family was a bit strange to start with.
sir_bentley28
So let me get this straight, she had a job with some problems and money problems with friends but he was worried about her future so he killed her? Yeah.......ok.....makes sense. He could've suggested for her to change jobs. So sad.
Marcofantyn Alfonso
speechless.