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Police in Monbetsu, Hokkaido, said Sunday they have arrested an unemployed 23-year-old man on suspicion of murdering his 93-year-old great-grandmother at her home last year.
Toshie Morita was found stabbed to death in her two-story home at around 8:30 a.m. on the morning of Oct 18, 2015. She was found lying face-up in her pajamas in her bedroom and had died from stab wounds to her neck.
The door was locked; however, a sliding door on the balcony was not locked. She was found by a friend with whom she was supposed to go on a day trip that day.
Police said that Morita's great-grandson, Ko Igarashi, who lives in Sapporo, has admitted to killing Morita and stealing money from her purse, Fuji TV reported.
© Japan Today
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sensei258
What a loser! Now you won't have to worry about room and board. You'll be wishing you had gotten a job instead
DaDude
She lived that long just to be killed in cold blood by a family member. RIP
Disillusioned
She probably would have given him money if he asked for it. However, he won't have to worry about for a few years now. He'll have free room and board in the emperor's hotel.
Jackie1327
I wish my great-grandmother would be alive, so i could give her a hug. How can someone do that to his own blood?
Aly Rustom
Scum. Give him life. Your own great grandma. A defenseless old woman. Life.
Quid-pro-quo
So, a man was recently sentenced to death for an alleged murder...which he didn't admit committing...for which there is no hard evidence. His 'crime' was adjudged inhumane and cruel.
Here, we have a murder of an elderly woman just a few years shy of her hundredth birthday, followed by a robbery...by her own great grandchild.
I wonder what the ruling will be.
sensei258
Why'd you have to kill her anyway? It's not like she could hurt you. Shoulda just took the money, she probably wouldn't have even called the police, you being family
Peter Qinghai
One ... more ... statistic...
And so, it continues.
MsDelicious
Probably well spent on Pachinko and Cigarettes.