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90-year-old woman beaten to death at home

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A 90-year-old woman was found beaten to death at her home in Komae, Tokyo, on Thursday.

Kinuyo Oshio was found by police and members of her family in the basement of the three-story house at around 5:20 p.m. Thursday, Kyodo News reported. Her wrists were tied together with a zip band and she had been beaten about the head. She was declared dead at the scene.

Oshio lived with her son, his wife and their two adult children. All four of them had left the house at around 8 a.m. to go to work, leaving Oshio at home alone.

Police said the first and second floors and basement of the house had been ransacked but did not say if anything had been stolen.

Police said that on Thursday afternoon, they received a call from Chiba police, saying that a message on the smartphone of a man arrested on Jan 12 for another robbery indicated that Oshio's house was being targeted. Police contacted members of Oshio's family and went to the house.

Police believe Oshio's murder may have been carried out by the same gang that has been responsible for a series of robberies of houses in the Kanto region since December. They said street surveillance camera footage showed several people in the vicinity of the house during the day.

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Heartbreaking when I saw it on the news last night, at least according to the report they already caught someone that is related to the crime, hopefully this will lead to the arrest and punishment of the criminals soon.

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I hope and pray the entire gang responsible for this cowardly murder are caught and hung. They have forfeited the right to be fed, sheltered and live.

Rest in Peace to the poor lady. After raising children and grandchildren, this is the most brutal and unfair ending of life imaginable.

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NHK new tonight reported that the guy caught was an active membe of the Ground Self Defense Force.

Not saying that that means anything, but certainly a bad look.

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Bring Back The Death Penalty for any killings regardless. You Kill , You Die, that simple. People are dying daily due to WEAK & Lenient sentencing.

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When they get caught, off to the gallows. RIP to this woman.

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Hmmm, maybe it was some of those people on the video footage...'ya THINK ?

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At 90 that woman survived the war and her generation helped Japan get back on its feet in the aftermath. The scum that killed her needs hard labor in the cold winter and hard labor in the cruel summer until they drop where they stand. Execution is too easy, like the Hound said, hanging is all over in an instant.

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Senseless crime! Gangs prey on the weak, as pointed out in article the Chiba police received a call from saying that a message on the smartphone of a man arrested for another robbery indicated that Oshio's house was being targeted. Once family members left the gang committed the crime. I hope the police is looking into the phone records of that arrested individual much deeper because he has to be involved some how. Perhaps those were the orders from the gang as they planned their home invasion activities.

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I can remember a time when such a crime as this would have been unimaginable, unthinkable. Something has gone wrong somewhere to the Japan I arrived in, all those many years ago. Hunt these rabied animals down.

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Hello! The Ring is easy to install, and even if the remove it to try to destroy the evidence, it is already recorded. I got one in front, and one in the back of my house. It covers a wide area. You can also install a sensor light for night operations.

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So, once convicted, they should be given the death penalty and given a certain amount of time to make their peace with God if they so choose.

I’m hearing you. But the God thing won’t work here.

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Send that gang to gallows !!..

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I can remember a time when such a crime as this would have been unimaginable, unthinkable. Something has gone wrong somewhere to the Japan I arrived in, all those many years ago. Hunt these rabied animals down.

Crimes like these happen sometimes, they are not something unimaginable or unthinkable.

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Crimes like these happen sometimes, they are not something unimaginable or unthinkable.

At one time, they were unthinkable and imaginable. Obviously, I am from a different era.

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At one time, they were unthinkable and imaginable. Obviously, I am from a different era.

What era are you from? I remember doing some research back in the day and referring to old English papers from 1870s - early 1900s and there were reports of all kinds of horrendous (and some quite bizarre) crimes going on. Nothing has changed.

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