Another Dead Man Indicted

This seems to be common in Japan, but it still feels very strange to me. Last May, a 70 year old man jumped from the 43rd floor of an apartment building, killing himself and a cyclist riding on the sidewalk below. As a result, the Osaka Prefectural Police have now referred the dead 70 year old to prosecutors with the charge of gross negligence resulting in death. Relatives of the man told police that he talked of suicide because of medical problems, and there were indications that he had climbed over the railing. Autopsies determined the causes of death for both the 70 year old man and the cyclist were due to multiple traumatic injuries.

I posted about another case of a dead man being indicted here. That case was also in Osaka Prefecture.