Name: Yoshi Kinouchi.
Died: February 26, 2018.
Age at death: 86.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan.
Disability: Dementia, mobility impaired.
Details:
Ms. Kinouchi was allegedly strangled by her son, who functioned as her caregiver.
Case status:
Takeshi Kinouchi (Son), charged with murder.
Takeshi’s brother Toshikazu, who had an unspecified illness, died of starvation in the same house while Takeshi was his caregiver; but Takeshi was not charged in his death because he had not known about it.
Source:
Man who killed mother with dementia driven into corner by poverty, her care