A 43-year-old nurse suspected of attempting to kill her daughter to claim life insurance money has been judged by psychiatrists to be mentally competent to stand trial.
The Nara District Public Prosecutors' Office, having received on Friday a psychiatric report on the suspect, Yukiko Sakanaka, is now expected to indict her for attempted murder before Oct. 6, when the term of her detention expires.
On Saturday, Sakanaka left the Nara Juvenile Prison, where she has been held for psychiatric appraisal, and was moved to the Tenri police station in Tenri.
Sakanaka was arrested July 16 by Nara Prefectural Police on suspicion of trying to kill her 16-year-old daughter by poisoning her.