Suspects told police that they burned the body before transporting it in a truck to a mountainous area of Katori City, Chiba Prefecture
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Defendant told the court, 'Something like a demon called to me and I strangled her'
Body of Mizue Takamatsu, 54, was found on vacant land in Iwanuma City on October 8, 2017
Two women found strangled atop futons; man hanged in shed
Suspect told police, 'I often got angry when my mother scolded me about not having a job, so I decided to kill her'
Judge said, 'The destruction of a corpse is an act of indignity'
One of the youths said, 'We intruded [into her residence] for the purpose of stealing money'
Police believe the victim was repeatedly beat in the head and stabbed with a knife in the left thigh
Judge ruled, 'The taking away of two lives over a six-month period bears heavy criminal liability'
Yoshiko Shiino, 85, was found collapsed and bleeding from at least one wound inside the residence