Police in Saitama City have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of killing his estranged 53-year-old wife after he stabbed her as she cycled home on Monday night.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 6 p.m. in Urawa Ward, Fuji TV reported. Police said Tadashi Asano, who is an associate professor of criminal psychology at Bunkyo University's Saitama Prefecture campus in Koshigaya, stabbed his wife Noriyo, who worked for the justice ministry’s Juvenile Classification Home, as she was on her way home. Police said he pulled her off her bicycle and stabbed her several times as she lay on the ground.
Noriyo was taken to hospital where she died shortly after arrival.
Police said Asano has admitted to the charge.
© Japan Today
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Frankus23
Mental health is real and none of us regardless of your social status is immune. Let's take our mental health seriously. RIP Noriyo-san
Btang
Ironic how one worked as an associate professor of criminal psychology, and the other in the justice ministry’s Juvenile Classification Home Agency,
100 CPM
@Btang, I get your point, but PERHAPS with the current high stress atmosphere, and the possibility of evil reacting off evil; PERHAPS unimaginable sparks can fly, especially from incubating anger, where it can appear PERHAPS that no such readily available solution or counseling exist.
fuzzylogic
Wow.. watch out for those professional powder kegs....
JerseyDevil
"Police said he pulled her off her bicycle and stabbed her several times as she lay on the ground."
snatched, and stabbed on a public street at dusk, that's pretty rough.
pudus
"killing his estranged 53-year-old wife"
Sounds more like till death, I make you part
Do the hustle
An associate professor of criminal psychology drags his wife of her bicycle and stabs her to death in a violent and premeditated attack? It sounds like a plot from a Quinton Tarantino movie. WTF Japan!
BertieWooster
It's true then. Most psychs are more insane than their patients.
Toasted Heretic
Horrific.
What drives people to such anger and desperation?
I sometimes wish there were follow up stories that could explain the stress/motivation from such violence.
Surely there are studies carried out, when the outrage subsides?
Toasted Heretic
True, zichi.
I think that some people are scared of admitting to the problems that can cripple their mental health and to do so might invite ridicule or being ostracized.
Such a damn shame. To bottle up all that misery and angst.
Fighto!
Coward and violent scumbag. I really hope he gets hung.
Rest in Peace to the poor woman.
Toasted Heretic
Oh, the irony.
WilliB
Umm... criminal psychology? He could have started with himself
WA4TKG
Pot Calling Kettle Black.
602miko
BertieWoosterMar. 17 07:34 pm JST
It's true then. Most psychs are more insane than their patients.
Hey, hey, hey, I'm a psychology and professor too. ..... Me, never been psychopath !