Japanese police have arrested a 71-year-old woman for strangling her husband, Takeo with a towel to death while sleeping in their home in Tsuruga, and during interrogation, Masako told investigators that she also strangled his 93-year-old father and his 95-year-old mother, attributing the motive to her extreme exhaustion. For being their sole patron.

"The three were strangled to death," Masako was quoted as saying by local police. Her 70-year-old husband had difficulty walking after a slight stroke, and his mother was among those in need of care, according to investigators.

The 40-year-old daughter of the perpetrator informed the police of the incident after receiving a call from her mother.He began a search of the bodies.The husband was found on the second floor and his parents at the first in the two-storey house.It was reported that there were no signs of external wounds on the bodies.

The suspect was also taken to hospital where she is believed to have taken sleeping pills in an attempt to commit suicide, but is now in stable condition