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Fukushima Police Arrest 81-Year-Old on Suspicion of Killing His Wife

Police are now focused on establishing motive.

Overview

  • Takumi Inoue called emergency services and told operators he had killed his wife.
  • Responding officers found 76-year-old Etsuko Inoue unconscious at the couple’s home, and a city hospital later confirmed her death.
  • Police say the assault at the residence involved strangulation and blows to the head with a blunt object.
  • Fukushima Prefectural Police arrested Inoue on suspicion of murder, and he has admitted the allegation.
  • Investigators are reviewing motive and other details in a case police described as a two-person household.