YAMANASHI (TR) – Police have arrested an 89-year-old South Korean national on suspicion of murder after she allegedly strangled her intellectually disabled son inside the dense Aokigahara forest, reports TV Asahi (Oct. 29).
Fukuko Nagano, whose real name is Jang Bok-ja, was taken into custody for allegedly killing her 57-year-old son, Tsuyoshi Nagano (real name Kim Kang-ji).
According to police, Chang, who is unemployed and has no fixed address, is suspected of using a cord-like object to strangle her son to death between October 4 and 6 within the woodland located in the Motosu area of the town of Fujikawaguchiko.
The grim incident came to light after a passerby spotted the octogenarian wandering through the area alone and escorted her to local authorities.
At the police station, Chang turned herself in, telling officers, “I strangled my disabled son to death.”
Investigators confirmed that Kim suffered from severe intellectual disabilities and had been living with his mother in neighboring Nagano Prefecture. An autopsy determined that the victim died of suffocation.
Police are currently interrogating Chang on suspicion of murder to determine the detailed motive behind the fatal act.
