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Woman found beaten to death in Kanagawa apartment

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A 56-year-old woman was found beaten to to death last Friday in her apartment in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, police said Monday.

Police said the woman, Emiko Kasahara, had been dead for a few days before her body was found, Kyodo News reported. A caregiver visited Kasahara, who lived alone, at around 1 p.m. and found her lying face up on her bed.

According to police, an autopsy revealed that the cause of death was traumatic shock. There were multiple bruises on her face and other parts of her body.

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Well, is she has a caregiver was she disabled physically or mentally? Maybe someone was taking advantage of her and done her in when he didn’t get what he wanted. Speculation of course, but often the reason in these queer cases.

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Sad story! but the reporting leaves more questions than answers.

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