63-year-old disabled man stabbed to death in Niigata home

Thursday 11th September, 10:34 AM JST

NIIGATA —

A 63-year-old physically disabled man was stabbed to death on Wednesday in his house in Konan, Niigata Prefecture, police said Thursday. Takeo Osawa was found dead by his wife Akiko, 64, in his bed around 2:30 p.m. when she returned home after shopping. Police said the victim had been stabbed in the head and neck.

According to police investigations, his wife left to go shopping around 12:30 p.m. The front and back doors of the house were unlocked when she returned home.

The victim has been disabled for 10 years due to cerebral infarction, according to police.

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lipscombe at 10:38 AM JST - 11th September

hope we dont hear in a day or two that the wife's prints were on the knife but have a sinking feeling we'll hear the "i was tired of caring for him/her" line again. hopefully I'm wrong
romulus3 at 12:32 PM JST - 11th September

usually the cops would have had the wifes confession by now. she must be as hard as nails.
bamboohat at 02:12 PM JST - 11th September

the front and backdoors were unlocked when she returned home? or the front and rear doors "had been" unlocked when she returned home.

is she trying to insinuate that somebody picked the lock on the front door, and then let themselves out the back door, after they stabbed this poor guy to death?

Wife did it. Lock her up.
BBLeo at 03:03 PM JST - 11th September

It is shame to read such stories all around the world. Is 'Global Warming' working so hard on young people to make them such criminals. There is no respect for elderly and hush punishment is not helping much to prevent such crimes. Japan you are not the only one, most of the world has turned against elderly. Perhaps there is a revenge because their birth into this miserable world.
mikihouse at 03:09 PM JST - 11th September

I am quite convinced that the old lady have a part of it. Try imagining taking care of a bedridden relative for 10 years without break or help and there is no money around too...you will break
bushlover at 05:00 PM JST - 11th September

A little sleep deprivation and food deprivation will get the truth out of her. That's why it's used here. Japanese cave in easily.
zaichik at 05:44 AM JST - 12th September

This happened only a few km from where I used to live. It's a really peaceful area and it's not inconceivable that the wife left the doors unlocked when she went shopping, given that her husband was at home.

Apparently a 76-year-old woman's been found murdered in her home in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, as well. In that particular case, it seems that the window was smashed to gain entry to the house.