YAMANASHI (TR) – Yamanashi Prefectural Police have arrested an 80-year-old man over the alleged assault of his feminine housemate who later died.
On September 14, Hiroshi Yamaoka allegedly punched Toyomi Iwai within the face and abdomen on the residence they shared in Koshu Metropolis.
She was later confirmed lifeless, police mentioned, in accordance with Nippon Information Community (Sep. 17).
Upon his arrest on suspicion of inflicting damage leading to dying, Yamaoka mentioned, “I held her neck with my fingers,”
On September 16, police checking on the protection of Iwai discovered her lifeless in the lounge on the primary ground of the house.
The outcomes of an post-mortem revealed that the reason for dying was asphyxiation because of stress on the neck, police mentioned.
Police are persevering with their investigation with the potential for altering the costs to homicide.
