Police have arrested a 48-year-old woman and two people living at her home on suspicion of starving to death the woman's 19-year-old son.
Yumiko Kitamura is suspected of murdering her son, Shohei, by not providing him with food, resulting in his death on Aug. 2 at their home in Hannan, Osaka Prefecture.
Satoshi Nakamura, 42, is suspected of ordering the woman not to give the teenager food, police officials said. Meanwhile, Nakamura's girlfriend, 36-year-old Kazuyo Doko, is also suspected of having a hand in the teen's death.
The three were arrested Thursday.