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Police in Tokyo's Hachioji said Wednesday that three bodies were found in a home in an apparent murder-suicide on Tuesday night.
According to police, they received a call at around 11 p.m. Tuesday in which the caller said his brother had hanged himself and his parents appeared to be dead. Fuji TV reported that police went to the residence of Takeshi Sato, 48, and found Sato, and his his father Yoshio, 75, and mother Kazuko, 71, all dead. The couple's younger son, 44, called the police after discovering the bodies when he visited the home.
A note was found by the body of Takeshi Sato. Police said the parents had been strangled to death and were found lying on their backs in one room.
© Japan Today
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Disillusioned
And here's another one! Every flipping day for the last three weeks there's been a family murder!
Aly Rustom
Just finished reading about a Mother arrested for strangling her 1-year-old daughter to death. Now I hear about a son strangling parents and himsefl to death. sigh
sensei258
Imagine walking in on that scene, horrible
Daniel Naumoff
Imagine policemen and medical experts working in Japan. Every day they have to go out on a call to see the same scene over and over. Every single day.
okochat
Not again..
sf2k
What is going on?