This country is an absolute carnival of family murders...

 

Mother, son found dead in car in suspected murder-suicide

The bodies of a woman in her 30s and her young son have been found in a car in Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture.

According to police, the bodies were found by a police patrol which spotted the car parked in a vacant lot at around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sankei Shimbun reported.  The woman and her son, whose age is believed to be six or seven, were seated in the back seat. Between them were remnants of burned charcoal briquettes. All the car windows were taped shut, police said.

Bodies of father, 11-year-old son found in warehouse after suspected murder-suicide

 - Police in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after two bodies were found inside a small warehouse adjacent to a house.

The bodies were discovered around 8:20 p.m. on Jan 4 in the warehouse located on a residential site, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said the bodies were those of a 46-year-old man, who lived in the residence, and his 11-year-old son. They were found hanging with ropes around their necks.