Police on Friday launched a murder investigation after the body of a man was found in a house in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture.
According to police, the body of a man in his 30s, believed to be that of Mitsuhide Soma, was discovered at around 9 a.m. on Thursday. NTV reported that Soma's body was found lying face down in a bedroom by a female caregiver who visited the property. Police say Soma had been stabbed several times and that his death is being treated as murder.
Police said they are questioning his mother 66-year-old Sachiko Soma, with whom he lived, but she has been incoherent, according to investigators.
© Japan Today
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wontond
Nothing gets by those savvy J-cops.
avigator
Things are getting creepy here. Good that is confined mostly to within themselves. If it escalates to the Kichijoji incident, then will have a self-imposed curfew time.
Da-Vinci
Yet another murder.
kimuzukashiiiii
Im gonna guess, by the fact a "caregiver" visited the property, this guy had some kind of illness, either mental or physical, and his mother had been left, for the past 30 years, to care for him with limited help, and she just snapped one day.
I mean ... the very vast majority of 30 year old guys would be able to defend themselves against a small Japanese 60 year old brandishing a knife... no?
I hope JT keeps us updated on this one ...
EngrHassanASabi
The suspect is the victims mother? 66 years old. I doubt she was able to pull it off all by herself. She may have done it but she would need an accomplice.
Noliving
Yes if he was conscious during the attack. Lets say he was sleeping face down or even face up and his mom stabbed him while he was sleeping and then flipped his body over and kept stabbing him....
WilliB
The article does not give enough information, so once again we are speculating. I guess the son has mental and physical issues, somehow attacked the able-bodies mother, and she killed him while fighting back. As good as any other speculation at this point.
Gerard Takashi
hmm