An expert psychological assessment of parents arrested for detaining their 37-year-old eldest son, who is believed to have had a mental illness, in a house in Kawasaki City for four months before his death. Will be done.
His father Naoki Yokoyama (70), his mother Junko Yokoyama (65), and his eldest daughter Nanako (36), who live in Asao Ward, Kawasaki City, are the eldest son Yuichiro (37) who died last September. ), He was arrested on suspicion of imprisonment for detaining his limbs with handcuffs and ropes for four months before his death.
According to previous investigations, his eldest son appeared to have had a mental illness, and he was detained after going out without his clothes and being reported to the police.
After that, he fell asleep from the second floor and hit his head, and he became bedridden and died of an infection from a bed sore.
According to the police, the father admitted to the investigation that "I thought it would be a nuisance to take my son out," and the mother and eldest daughter denied it.
The Kawasaki Branch of the Yokohama Regional Prosecutor's Office has decided to carry out "appraisal detention" for about four months from the 17th, saying that it is necessary to investigate the criminal liability at the time of the crime.
A psychological examination will be conducted by an expert, and the prosecution will decide whether to prosecute based on the results.