WHERE WERE THE ROBOTS?:

Trio found starved to death in home (Japan Times, 1/19/05)

Two elderly women and a man found dead Tuesday in a house in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, apparently starved, police said.

The residents of the home were Chiyoko Fujita, 81, who owned the home, her sister, Kimiko, 78, and Kimiko's son, Yoshio, 53.

The emaciated bodies were found around 5 p.m. by local police and the brother of Chiyoko and Kimiko.