Accused multiple murderess accuses allegedly incestuous stepson

The trial of accused mass murderess Chizuko Okamoto is turning into a sordid affair, awash with tales of incest and unrequited familial love, according to Shukan Josei (1/2-9).

Okamoto, 55, is currently being tried for the murder of her 19-year-old daughter Rikako, but is also suspected of involvement in the decades-old deaths of another three sons, two of them infants.

A stepson, 35-year-old Minehiro, was also found hanged in Okamoto's apartment in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, when Okamoto was arrested in May. More...