Mother arrested for leaving newborn baby's body in suitcase

Heartbreaking.

she had passed out after giving birth to the baby and that when she regained consciousness, she found her daughter was dead

What a convenient excuse! However, it does not explain why she put the baby into a suitcase and threw it into the yard.

One would say "What a tragedy". And it is, however, why was not she admitted to a hospital? She did not know she was pregnant? Oh well, whoops! What did the father do at the moment? Was he notified? Everyone seems like a scum yet we are left with one dead saint. Lose-lose game going on.

That is terrible. news like this can ruin your whole day.

These cases are all tragic and in some ways, it reminds one of the women and girls who often gave birth in secret, fearing the moral outrage of an Ireland where the church played too big a role. The most infamous of these tragedies was the Kerry Babies case in the early 80s. But there the comparison ends - Japan does not have a meddling, authoritarian church. But still, some women are compelled to give birth, alone and driven to desperation.

As usual, the full story is not given here and we can only speculate as to what led to this sad outcome.

Call me crazy, but if you don't want children how about taking precautions. Throwing her out with the trash, or tossing her in the river, or etc. doesn't count as birth control.

What a convenient excuse! However, it does not explain why she put the baby into a suitcase and threw it into the yard

I am always against women who kill their newborn but you should let the autopsy speak before judging a woman who delivered a baby by herself. You might be a midwife though so please excuse me questioning your expertise.

@DaDude - I am always against women who kill their newborn but you should let the autopsy speak before judging a woman who delivered a baby by herself. You might be a midwife though so please excuse me questioning your expertise

What does midwifery have to do with dumping her baby in the yard in a suitcase? The fact she delivered the baby herself and in secret points to the fact she did not want the baby in the first place. The “I passed out and the baby dead” excuse is just too convenient.

Call me crazy, but if you don't want children how about taking precautions. 

I said that a few times before already, but this is one of the problem : lack of sex ed.

I can't imagine japanese parents explaining the birds and bees.

And with the number of shot-gun marriages I saw happening in a few years here, I wonder if even half the population knows what a condom is.

And there are other counter measures, but nobody seems interested, and prefer to keep on throwing women in prison.

Second story this week to ruin my lunch. I’m curious for some solid statistic as to weather this happens a lot, or is only reported for its newsworthy shock element?

The story is barely more than a hundred words in total and some Sherlocks seem to have it all worked out .

A friend of my younger sister gave birth at home. She never even knew she was pregnant. It can and does happen you know.

Happily, her situation turned out fine.

But alone with no help. Pretty easy to pass out for a multitude of reasons.

If she is guilty of neglect or worse...then trust me, I'll be first to condemn her!

But yet's put the pitchforks away until we have more facts shall we?

The fact she delivered the baby herself and in secret points to the fact she did not want the baby in the first place.

Or that there was an emergency.

Wow, so many midwives, obstetricians and Sherlocks here.

Wait until the post mortem before you pronounce on the cause of death and apportion blame. This was an unattended birth, so much could have happened.

Luddite: "This was an unattended birth, so much could have happened."

And whose fault was that? And in any case, she then proceeded to put the baby's body (alive or not, we don't know, but plenty put them in coin lockers still alive) in a suitcase and toss it away.

So, yeah... "so much could have happened" in the death of the baby; and so much could have happened not only to prevent it, but also when the baby was dead. Packing it up and throwing it away in an abandoned apartment would only come to the mind of a criminal. How about keeping that in mind while you guys defend her.

@Tommy Jones - Or that there was an emergency.

Again! So, why was the baby placed in a suitcase and dumped in the yard? If it was an emergency and she intended to keep the baby she would have made a call for help. She made no attempt at getting help. She had the baby in secret. And, she hid the baby in a suitcase in the yard.

In times of crisis people panic and do things that ordinarily they wouldn't. This woman's actions are very questionable, but can be explained by many things. The trauma of giving birth alone being one of them. I'll accept any woman here questioning her actions but any of you men wanna say something then I'll ask you where your experience comes from.

Don't think that those of us who are showing sympathy to the woman, don't care about the child!!!

Far from it!!

It's just I like to know a little more information before I jump.

Again! So, why was the baby placed in a suitcase and dumped in the yard?

If it was an emergency and she intended to keep the baby she would have made a call for help. She made no attempt at getting help. She had the baby in secret. And, she hid the baby in a suitcase in the yard.

She could have passed out suddenly giving birth alone and not been able to call for help. Comes to and is traumatized by seeing a dead newborn she carried for nine months. People in shock do strange things.

We don't have all the facts.

Why don't these people take the babies and dump them at a HOSPITAL ?

I thought they changed the "Laws" in Japan, several years ago, that this can be done now?

Why don't these people take the babies and dump them at a HOSPITAL ?

That's a fair point.

But at the moment that someone suffers a traumatic incident, their first though is to distance themselves from it. (acute stress response...or more commonly called "fight or flight")

It may be that to distance oneself from the incident may make it disappear. Kinda like a kid closing his eyes to make the boogyman go away.

Just my thoughts.

Whatever happened to baby hatches? You know, those places people can take unwanted babies and leave them in the care of other facilities instead of killing an innocent baby.

Such a pathetic excuse. 36 years old and doesn't have the brains to get help when she went into labor. All child abusers need to be chemically castrated.

Although we don't really know the whole story behind this passing out while giving birth but abandoning the body of your own baby and putting it inside the suitcase...is terrible enough! (not talking about if she had something to do with her baby's death)

So the people who voted down on some of the comments against the mother, would you do the same thing? can you leave a lifeless baby inside a suitcase? I doubt it