ALS patient commissioned murder case Two doctors are indicted today Kyoto District Prosecution August 13, 4:26
Two doctors were arrested for killing a woman in Kyoto city suffering from intractable disease and ALS by administering a drug at the request of the person himself, and the prosecution's policy is to prosecute the two for murder on commission on the 13th. ..
Both doctors, Kouichi Okubo (42) and Naoki Yamamoto (43), received a drug request from a 51-year-old woman in Kyoto City who suffered from intractable disease ALS in which the muscles of the whole body gradually stopped working in November last year. On the 23rd of last month, he was arrested on the suspicion of a part-time murder because he was administered and killed.
According to investigators, Dr. Okubo had purchased the same type of sleeping pills that had been detected in the female body in the investigations conducted so far about a month before the incident, and Yamamoto's account was used by 130 females. It means that 10,000 yen was transferred.
In addition, it was confirmed that the woman was exchanging specific methods of killing, date and time, payment of cash, etc. with the doctor through SNS.
For this reason, the Kyoto District Public Prosecutor's Office has determined that it is possible to prove guilty, and has established a policy of prosecuting two doctors for the murder of part-time murder on the 13th detention date.
On the other hand, the police believe that this case is an illegal act far from euthanasia, which is sometimes discussed at the terminal medical care scene, but they will continue investigating whether there were other problems with the two people. ..
The police and the prosecution have not made it clear as to whether or not the two were confirmed.