A Japanese woman has been arrested for reportedly killing her character’s virtual husband after learning that he had suddenly divorced her.
Police reports explain that after booting up the 2D MMORPG Maplestory, the 43-year-old was shocked and angered at finding her virtual husband had divorced her. With no virtual plates to smash against the wall, the woman instead elected to log-in as the husband and completely delete his account. It is this illegal log-in that the police have reportedly based their arrest and suspicion on.
Today the woman is in jail in the northern city of Japan, Sapporo, though she has not been charged yet. If a charge is put forward she will face up to five years of imprisonment.
The woman in question was a piano teacher. The deceased is a 33-year-old office worker.