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Two brothers who have been arrested for abandoning their mother’s body at their home in Yurihonji City, Akita Prefecture, are also suspected of fraudulently receiving their mother’s pension payments.
According to police, Susumu Kikuchi, 53, who is unemployed, and his brother Akira Kikuchi, 51, a company employee, were arrested on Thursday, Sankei Shimbun reported. The two have been living together since last December when their 78-year-old mother, Yukiko, died. However, they failed to report her death and left the corpse in the house.
An employee a local elderly care management center contacted police on Wednesday, saying that the center hadn’t heard from Yukiko since last December. When police visited the Kikuchi residence, they found Yukiko’s remains.
Police said pension payments to Yukiko had been continuing and believe the brothers were pocketing the money.
© Japan Today
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Luddite
Disgusting people. No respect or love for their mother.
wraither
Imagine collecting your mother's money while her corpse is rotting in her deathbed. If they ever bothered to put her there.
James Stowe
Only in Japan
Randy Johnson
Siblings arrested for corpse abandonment also face pension fraud charge
Sssssooooo many of these types of cases in japan.
Nippori Nick
They loved her pension much more.
starpunk
Totally without heart. You might think the presence of the corpse would haunt them, indicate to them of their wrongdoing. And if that doesn't then what about the stench?
Do the hustle
I would not be at all surprised if they had a hand in her death as well.
Paul
Absolutely disgusting parasitic children!