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A 53-year-old woman who was arrested in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, in May on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in death and injury after her car was involved in a collision with another vehicle that left killed two children aged two dead and 14 other children and teachers injured, has also been arrested on suspicion of stalking.
According to police, Fumiko Shintate, an unemployed resident of Otsu, was arrested on Monday for violating the anti-stalking law after persistently messaging a man she met on an online dating site, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said she has admitted to the allegation.
On Aug 27, Shintate, who had been released on bail pending her trial, allegedly threatened a 49-year-old man multiple times over the free messaging app Line by writing, "Show me all of the conversations you've been having over Line." Then on Sept 2 and 5, she phoned the man's office and told him, "Contact me again on Line. What would you do if I posted your photo on 2channel?"
Police said Shintate and the man became acquainted via an online dating site at the end of June.
© Japan Today
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Vince Black
She's sounds like a loser nutjob. Barely able to function in the real world. And she and many like her are behind the wheel everyday.
Toasted Heretic
Or on a keyboard!
This is yet another horrible tragedy, the details of which we know little about. Goodness knows what has led to her apparent breakdown and detachment from reality.
WA4TKG
Why is it, when these nutjobs DO something, the app they used is mentioned?
Is it necessary?, suffice to say: ”Dating App / On-Line”? I notice the app utilized by this perp just happens to be from a country deeply embroiled in a trade war @ the moment.
kohakuebisu
Just remembering the accident, but I seem to remember the person at fault was turning right into a non-existent gap and caused an oncoming car (with an older driver) off-line and into a group of kindergarden kids waiting at a crossing.
The "driver of the car that killed two toddlers" mentioned in the headline was not the one who caused the accident. I seem to remember that woman being in her sixties.
garypen
I seem to remember an incident from a few months ago with a 50-something year-old making a u-turn, or something like that, hitting a group of children waiting at a crosswalk, or something similar. I assumed this woman was that one. Am I mis-remembering?
rainyday
Note the timeline. Within a month of killing two young children this person was hooking up on online dating sites. Like the whole "I just killed two kids" thing never happened.
I'm not usually the one to moralize about stuff like this, but this person has to be pretty messed up.