In October this year, the police arrested a 41-year-old care worker working at a nursing care facility in Ono Town, Fukushima Prefecture, on suspicion of murder for assaulting and killing a 94-year-old resident at the time. .
While admitting to the investigation that he assaulted him, he stated that he had no intention of killing him and denied the charges.
Shinichi Tomizawa (41), a care worker in Onomachi, was arrested.
According to the police, from October 8th to the next day, Tamiko Ueda (94 at the time), a resident at the special elderly nursing home "Tsutsuji no Sato" in Onomachi, where she works, was assaulted and killed. , is suspected of murder.
According to the police, Tomizawa was on the night shift with another employee and found Ueda dead lying on the bed in his room.
According to investigative sources, Ueda had multiple bruises on his abdomen, and upon further investigation, the cause of death was hemorrhagic shock due to trauma. It means that
In response to the police investigation, Tomizawa said, "I pushed him, but I had no intention of killing him."
At this facility, multiple care workers were in charge of Mr. Ueda's care, and one of them was Tomizawa, so the police are investigating the motive and detailed circumstances.