IBARAKI (TR) – Ibaraki Prefectural Police have arrested a 48-year-old lady over the alleged deadly assault of her common-law husband at their house in Itako City earlier this month, stories TV Asahi (Feb. 20).
On February 16, Michiyo Kusano, a part-time worker, is suspected of hitting his common-law husband, Hidenori Imakuma, 52, over the pinnacle with a wine bottle and a hammer. She then strangled him to demise with a plastic rope.
Upon her arrest on suspicion of homicide two days later, Kusano admitted to the allegations.
“A woman and man fighting”
The alleged homicide occurred round 1 a.m. on February 16. According to the community, arguing was heard coming from contained in the unit on the evening earlier than.
A resident of the identical house constructing says, “[Iwakuma] came home around 7 p.m., and about an hour or two later, around 8 or 9 p.m., I heard the sounds of a man and a woman fighting. Then there was something like a sound of something being thrown, like thud. I also heard shrieks, and occasionally what sounded like a woman and man fighting. But the woman sounded a little more hysterical.”
The matter surfaced on February 18 after Kusano surrendered at a police station. She stated, “I killed my common-law husband. His body is in a car parked in our apartment’s parking lot.”
Imakuma’s physique was discovered mendacity within the again seat of the automotive, wrapped in blankets and plastic sheets. The physique was clothed in undershorts and a t-shirt.
Police are actually looking for a motive for the crime.

