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[DeepL Translation - needs review] 3:42 AM. The daughter who killed her mother is on Twitter, "Beat the monster. Now I'm relieved." The 18-character post left no one unaware of what it meant. It was Saturday afternoon, March 10, 2018. In Shiga Prefecture, on the south bank of the Yasu River south of Lake Biwa, a human body was found without hands, feet, or head, just the torso. The body was heavily decomposed and emitting a foul odor, and many dragonflies were swarming around the body when a...
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Page Count:
288
ISBN:
4065306795
ISBN13:
9784065306796
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February 28, 2024
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This is a true crime book. It covers the case of a woman who killed her mother and then dismembered her body to hide the crime.
Relatively little page space is dedicated to the act of murder or to the disposal of the corpse, it's not that kind of book. Primarily the focus is on the life of the murderer (the daughter) leading up to that point. While I wouldn't say the crime is justified, I could see how she felt trapped and helpless and could come to think this was her only means of