A 37-year-old eldest son who was believed to have had a mental illness died after being detained at home for four months at a house in Kawasaki City, and the father was indicted on charges such as abandonment of a guardian to death. On the 12th, the mother and sister were not prosecuted.
In September last year, the eldest son Yuichiro Yokoyama (37) died after being detained at home in Asao Ward, Kawasaki City for four months, and his father Naoki Yokoyama (70) was confined at home. On the 10th, he was indicted for abandoning the person in charge of protection and confining him for letting him die without receiving the necessary treatment even though he was in a state where he could not eat.
According to the police, Yuichiro is believed to have suffered from schizophrenia.
On the other hand, the Kawasaki branch of the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office announced on the 12th that a 66-year-old mother and a 36-year-old sister, who were arrested along with his father on suspicion of abandonment of a person in charge of protection and confinement, were pending disposition. I have not prosecuted.
It did not disclose the reason for the non-prosecution.