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Police in Tokyo have arrested a 54-year-old man for keeping the body of his mother in their house two years after she died.
According to police, Hajime Toda went to a police station on Monday afternoon and told officers his mother’s corpse had been at his home in Adachi Ward for nearly two years, Fuji TV reported.
Police went to the home and found the remains of his mother whom Toda said had been an invalid for some time after suffering a stroke. He told police she died of natural causes in January 2018 when she was 78.
The women’s remains were found inside 20 plastic bags, atop a mattress.
Toda, whose occupation is not clear, was quoted by police as saying he didn’t report his mother’s death because he wanted to live with her for a little while longer. He also said he was mentally exhausted.
© Japan Today
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Spitfire
Man,
These horror stories are becoming a staple of Japan.
sensei258
There's a misprint in the article. It should state he 'wanted to live with her PENSION a little while longer'
rgcivilian1
re article: he didn’t report his mother’s death because he wanted to live with her for a little while longer. He also said he was mentally exhausted.
I bet he was mentally exhausted from the fact of committing a crime, but that didn't stop any pension checks from being sent to her either. hmmmm.
Omachi
After two years there wouldn’t have been much left to cremate. He could have finished the job himself with a beach bonfire and interred her ashes in the family crypt without anyone being the wiser.
Hervé L'Eisa
I wonder how many folks have yet had to deal with the exorbitant costs of funerary procedures in Japan. I've personally had to spend a sizeable chunk in the last couple of years. As for this individual, I won't judge.
Omachi
if you investigate, you can do without the religious aspects entirely. You can simply have a cremation once the body is released and transported. Disposal of ashes at sea, or in a forested area avoids post cremation costs.
Do the hustle
Local city halls do funerals for around ¥40,000.
This loon was not mentally exhausted. He is mentally disturbed.
starpunk
And how could he stand the stench of decay for all that time? Nauseating. Just sayin'.
sir_bentley28
Death is inevitable! It will happen. But its rather disgusting to see poor people like this guy suffering or keeping the body because of the crazy amounts for a funeral!
Yes
This may be so, but I highly doubt many people know about this because it is not advertised or information about this is not easily available for the public!