A housewife in her fifties who raped her mother-in-law reveals the shocking feelings she had immediately after the crime.

Early “temporary adjournment

In the previous article, “[A Body Found in Underfloor Storage] Saitama City Mother-in-law Murder Case: Shocking Reason Why Family “Didn’t Notice” Mother’s Absence for a Week,” we discussed the “shocking cover-up” by the defendant who took her mother-in-law into his hands.

Read the first part of the article, “[A Body Found in Underfloor Storage] Saitama City Mother-in-law Murder Case: Shocking Reason Why Family “Didn’t Notice” Mother’s Absence for a Week “.

On January 29, 2013, the Saitama District Court has been holding a jury trial for Michiko Watanabe, 55, who is accused of murder and abandoning the body of her mother-in-law, who lived with her.

Prior to the defendant’s questioning, the defense presented evidence. First, he presented photographs of signs that had been posted here and there, including on the walls of the living room of his house.

On them were written, “Michiko (defendant Watanabe), the housewife of this house, is a pain in the ass and cannot do what her mother-in-law tells her to do,” and “She only lies every day, day after day. Next, the defense attorney played a conversation between Watanabe and her mother-in-law four days before the incident, which was recorded on her mother-in-law’s smartphone, in the courtroom.

She said, “All of this is a lie, you didn’t get the 1.5 million, hmm?

Why don’t you shut up, get out, leave the key and get out.”

As his mother-in-law’s accusing voice played in the courtroom, Watanabe’s face turned bright red and he began to shake convulsively, closing his eyes and crying.

When Judge Kenichi Emi asked, “Defendant, are you all right?” to which the defendant replied, “I’m fine,” but the trembling did not stop. The prosecutor said, “Your lawyer will tell you exactly what you want to say. The court was temporarily adjourned after an hour-long recess .

After a recess of about one hour, questions were asked of the defendant. First, the defense attorney asked , “Please tell us about your daily schedule.

He answered, “Every morning, I get up at 5:00 a.m. at the latest and take care of my cat first. Then I open the shutters, water the flowers, make an offering at the Buddhist altar, and prepare the family meal. After that, I pack lunches for my husband and (his) younger sister. My mother-in-law instructed me to pack my younger sister’s lunch box with the three primary colors of green, yellow, and red so that it would not look bad when eating with others.

After that, I would clean and do laundry. Then, at 9:00 p.m. every day, I would go to my mother-in-law’s room to say ‘good night’ with a piece of paper saying that I had done the chores as instructed.