Man Kills Roommate By Beating Her To Death With A Golf Club While She Slept

An elderly man has been accused of brutally killing his roommate by beating her to death with a golf club while she was asleep in Saitama, Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, July 10.

Yoshio Uchida, 70, allegedly beat his 30-year-old roommate, Akina Chiba, with a golf club while the victim slept at their apartment on Sunday, July 10. After bludgeoning her to death, Uchida called emergency medical services and informed them that he had hit a woman in the face and that she was unconscious, Japan Today reported.

Law enforcement immediately responded to the scene and transported Chiba to a nearby hospital for treatment. However, Chiba subsequently succumbed to her injuries and died while undergoing treatment at the hospital.

According to investigating officers, Uchida and Chiba had been living together at the apartment for several years. Following the incident, Uchida was taken into custody for questioning in connection with Chiba's death. However, Uchida has so far given no motive behind why he killed Chiba.

In a similar but unrelated incident, a Wichita Falls woman reportedly killed her roommate by sitting on her until she suffocated to death, Latin Times reported.

The accused, Gloria Ann Jordan, 41, has been arrested on charges of manslaughter on Tuesday, Feb. 1, after she allegedly killed her roommate, Gloria Farmer, by sitting on the victim's chest until she suffocated to death at their home in Las Cruces Lane on Nov. 21, 2021. The victim reportedly shared the flat with Jordan and another roommate.

According to Jordan's roommate, on the day of the killing, the suspect had put her hand on Farmer’s forehead while praying. She then pushed her backward in an office chair until the victim and the chair fell over. After which, she straddled Farmer’s body and sat on her chest. Even though Farmer and the unnamed roommate pleaded for her to remove herself from on top of the victim, Jordan refused and allegedly stayed in her position until Farmer stopped breathing.

An autopsy report revealed that Farmer’s death was caused by mechanical asphyxia and that the manner of death was a homicide.

Following the breakthrough, when officers questioned Jordan, Jordan allegedly confessed to pushing Farmer over and straddling her body in a “prayer position” with her hand on Farmer’s forehead.

Jordan was arrested by Burkburnett police on Tuesday, Feb. 1, shortly after the Wichita Falls Police Department and Crime Stoppers sought the public’s help in finding her.