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Police in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested an 84-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 81-year-old wife by strangling her at their home on Sunday.
Police said Toshio Urabe has admitted killing his wife and quoted him as saying he was worn out from being her caregiver, TBS reported.
According to the police, Urabe called 110 at around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday and said: “I just killed my wife. I strangled her with the string used to tie her happi coat."
When the police arrived, they found his wife, Hideko, lying face up in the bedroom on the second floor. She was declared dead at the scene.
Hideko had been certified as requiring nursing care level 1.
© Japan Today
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Dave Fair
and "nursing care level 1" is determined to be........? Would have been helpful to have included a description.
The Opinionator
Took me about 30 seconds to find out lv 1 nursing care requirements. A brief explanation would have been easier. Do you really want to be spoon fed everything though?
My guess is she required much more than that.
Rip lady.
owzer
JT is useless - unless you need extra pronouns or want to pee somewhere you shouldn’t be.
even then, pretty useless.