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3 arrested after 5-year-old boy’s body found beneath floorboards in house

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Police in Honjo, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested two women and a man after the body of a 5-year-old boy was found beneath the floorboards of their house.

The body was found on Saturday after the ward office contacted police on March 2 to express concern over the child’s well-being after he hadn't been seen for about two months, Fuji TV reported. Police arrested the boy’s mother, Chika Kakimoto, 30, who is a temp worker, Hiroki Niwa, 34, who is unemployed, and Niwa’s common-law wife, Yoko Ishii, 54, who is also unemployed.

When an employee of the child's daycare school visited the home to find out why he hadn't been coming since early January, Kakimoto said she had sent him to live with relatives in Osaka.

Police said the three have admitted to placing the child’s body under the floorboards in mid-January. Kakimoto, who is a single mother, and her son moved in to the house belonging to Ishii and her husband in January 2021.

Police said an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of the boy’s death.

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Tragic. - This is another story in the recent days of a desperate, single mother moving in with a couple and being the ONLY one going to work.

Yet now, this child is dead.

Where are the government services, shelters, daycares, etc Mr. Kishida promised in his speech assuming the role of PM this year?

Hopefully, the pending autopsy will revealed the cause & manner of death leading to which, if not all of the “3 arrested”, was responsible for ending this poor child’s life.

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Agree with Reckless : these three need to be executed if found guilty of murdering this poor innocent boy. There is no rehabilitating after committing such an unforgivable offence.

Rest in Peace to the poor boy. He deserved so much better.

5 ( +7 / -2 )

They will not be executed if found guilty of only one murder, IMHO.

Whether they deserve it or not is another matter.

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Too little details now, but it could be similar to this case reported just about a year ago.

Mother, friend, accused of starving 5-year-old boy to death

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14236296

0 ( +1 / -1 )

That sounds horrible. And it seems the mother was in on it?

4 ( +4 / -0 )

Monsters, please give me your children if you don't want them. All the kids wanted was love from his parents.

2 ( +2 / -0 )

What the hell is going on around here recently?

What is this trend of single mothers and weird couples, harming children?

Who are these people? And why are they not eliminated?

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What the hell is going on around here recently?

It's not recent. Humans have always have incidents of infanticide. And I hope by 'here', you mean planet earth, as this has always been a part of humanity.

Who are these people? And why are they not eliminated?

You would have to identify them before it happens to eliminate them. How would you do that? Some sort of Minority Report-like technology maybe?

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I hope we hear some necks snapping

Right, because that will really solve the problem. Have you never considered that angry responses to bad behavior are perhaps what causes such killings in the first place?

-4 ( +1 / -5 )

3 Monster

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