Robert Salonga
湾区新闻集团
（MCT）
圣何塞（San Jose） - 一名77岁的妇女的家人告诉警察，她长期以来表现出痴呆症的迹象，而心理健康的下降被指控设置了以丈夫死亡结束的房屋大火。
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office charged Rebecca Makino with one count each of murder and arson causing great bodily injury in connection with the fire reported early Saturday at her Amapola Drive home in West San Jose.
Makino was arraigned Wednesday in a San Jose courtroom in front of Judge Johnny Gogo, who continued the hearing to Thursday morning. With a handful of relatives in the court gallery, she appeared in court but did not enter a plea or make any statements, in part because a Korean interpreter was not available to the court.
Gogo remanded her back to the Elmwood women’s jail without bail, but did so without prejudice, meaning that the county Public Defender’s Office has an opportunity to argue for affordable bail or supervised release at a later date.
Makino had been held in lieu of $100,000 bail after her arrest Saturday, and prosecutors have filed a motion arguing against her pretrial release. Deputy Public Defender Miguel Rodriguez, a supervisor in his office’s homicide division, said in court that he has to consult with Makino’s family and gather more details about the case before presenting a bail or release argument.
Rodriguez alluded to the police investigative summary that accompanied the criminal complaint for Makino, in which San Jose police officers reported speaking with her son, who told them he believed his mother had undiagnosed dementia and “that her mental health had been deteriorating over the last 20 years.”
“It seems pretty clear from the statement of facts that my client is extremely mentally ill,” Rodriguez said.
罗德里格斯（Rodriguez）在周三听证会后的一次采访中补充说，马基诺（Makino）的家人一直在徒劳地寻求帮助。
“They were concerned about her for some time now,” he said. “They were trying to get her conserved. They wanted her to get treatment.”
When asked by this news organization, the district attorney’s office declined to elaborate on its charging decisions for Makino and instead offered general comment on its process for similar cases.
“我们将保留有关此案事实以及被告的监护权地位的讨论。但是，通常在有风险的情况下，有人会再次采取相同或其他类似的行为并对公众的安全构成风险，我们倡导拘留或替代人士，高级保释金。”一份声明。
The office added that the process of assessing a person’s mental state during an alleged crime is for the court to dictate.
“The law also allows for the court, if the defense requests it or pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, to appoint experts to evaluate the mental state of the defendant at the time of the crime or to evaluate the mental state now to determine the defendant’s competence at this moment,” the statement reads.
The fire was reported at 3:48 a.m. Saturday and San Jose firefighters were on scene within six minutes, according to the fire department. Firefighters rescued a man from the blaze, which started in one of the bedrooms of the two-story residence.
Makino’s husband Hiroshi, who was 73, was taken to a local hospital for smoke inhalation, where he died Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. This was San Jose’s 18th homicide of the year.
警方总结说，随着大火燃烧，消防员发现马基诺从家里走开。消防员和一名纵火调查员阻止了她并与她交谈，据报道，她告诉他们她已经打火了大火。
