This elderly man with Alzheimer's killed his granddaughter. He says he doesn't remember
CNN
The story of grandfather Susumu Tomizawa, an 88-year-old with Alzheimer's who killed his granddaughter and claimed he could not remember, shocked many in Japan -- an aging nation where the number of elderly dementia patients is on the rise.
In a court in western Japan last month, Susumu Tomizawa, 88, admitted to killing his granddaughter Tomomi, 16, nearly two years ago -- but, he said, he doesn't remember doing it.
Tomizawa has Alzheimer's, a progressive and irreversible neurological disorder that destroys neurons and shrinks regions of the brain. In court, his lawyers argued he should not be held criminally responsible because his illness causes dementia, a condition marked by multiple cognitive deficits such as memory loss.
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