In the case of the death of an elderly man and woman in an apartment in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture in the early morning of the 9th, the 45-year-old suspect who was arrested explained that "it seems that he killed two people" while also saying that "when I noticed it, two people had fallen", so the police are carefully investigating the circumstances.
After 9 a.m. on the 3th, a woman in her 70s and a man in his 80s were found dead bleeding from the neck in a room of an apartment in Nishifune, Funabashi City, and the police arrested suspect Kentaro Nishizawa (2), who is believed to be the son of the two, on suspicion of murdering the woman.
The two had collapsed in the bedroom.
According to the police, the suspect called 45 and explained that he had killed them, but he also said, "I noticed that my mother and father were dead, and I had a kitchen knife in my hand."
A bloody kitchen knife believed to be the murder weapon was found in the kitchen.
The police believe that the deceased are the parents of the suspect and are proceeding with the identification, and are carefully investigating the circumstances of the incident, believing that the suspect also killed a man believed to be his father.
Neighbors "surprised by the murder"
A man in his 40s who lives nearby said, "I thought something had happened because there was a restriction line, but I was surprised that it was a murder case. I don't think it will affect the community, but if something like this happens, I'm worried because my children are small."