Last week, a mother in her 90s who was found dead in a house in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo was arrested on suspicion of murder as her son in his 50s, who was unconscious and in serious condition, pressed his neck and killed him. , The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that the son was worried about his mother's care and tried to commit suicide.
Hidekuni Maehara (59), an unemployed man from Kamakura, Katsushika Ward, was arrested.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, around the 28th of last month, he is suspected of murdering his mother, Fusako (92), at his home by pressing her neck.
Immediately after, he himself took a large amount of sleeping pills and became unconscious, and a doctor who visited for medical treatment on the 29th of last month found the two people lying down.
After that, the son regained consciousness, and when the Metropolitan Police Department heard the circumstances, he admitted to murdering his mother and was arrested on the 8th.
In response to the investigation, he said, ``It was painful to see my mother weakened because I couldn't afford to pay for nursing care. So, the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that the son was worried about his mother's care and tried to commit suicide.
On the other hand, Katsushika Ward has not been able to grasp the parent-child problem in advance due to the activities of local welfare officers, etc.