Mother, infant son found dead after going missing on Sept 1

Sadly, This comes as no surprise given the information in the first article. Condolences to the husband and son, may they be comforted.

So sad.

OMFG! That poor (surviving) kid.

The woman’s husband told police his wife had taken the children for a drive and had left home at around 3 p.m. Saturday.

In the typical (often feigned) disconnect that is so prevalent here...

So she took her infant son with her to die? Should be a murder charge attached to it.

Damn, I was sure we would get bad news... And we will certainly never know why she did this...

And we will certainly never know why she did this...

I think the husband knows. I would doubt this came out of the blue.

Exactly what I said in my post yesterday that everyone voted down. She killed her daughter, tried to kill the son, he ran away, she killed herself.

More suicide prevention / awareness please Japanese government.

So she took her infant son with her to die? Should be a murder charge attached to it.

ah yeah well roll the corpse into the court room and read her the charges

Exactly what I said in my post yesterday that everyone voted down. She killed her daughter, tried to kill the son, he ran away, she killed herself.

Perhaps you were downvoted for getting it wrong?

Exactly what I said in my post yesterday that everyone voted down. She killed her daughter, tried to kill the son, he ran away, she killed herself.

I voted you down, purely for the fact that you commented about about it! Why do you care?

All too often in Japan... why couldn't she have just killed herself? Selfish witch

Why couldn’t she have given her kids to someone else

And another day where my day is ruined over a horrible piece of news. Signing off. Going to kiss my wife and 2 year old son and 2 month old daughter and try not to think about this too much. See you all tomorrow. I've had enough bad news to last me til the end of this month.

I would like everyone to show some respect here. As a father and husband this news breaks my heart. Selfish witch? Murder charge? Heartless faceless posters on a website.

Whatever it was that drove a mother to kill herself and her 2 month old baby, we should all respect the fact that it was obviously something severe. Depression is a killer. And that includes post-maternity depression.

None of us have any idea what drove this mother to do this, so none of us are in any position to make assumptions. We even have a poster claiming that she tried to kill the 4 year old but he escaped - where on earth do you get off making such claims?

@TigersTokyoDome = right on brother

Whatever it was that drove a mother to kill herself and her 2 month old baby, we should all respect the fact that it was obviously something severe. Depression is a killer. And that includes post-maternity depression.

Quite so, yet the feelings related to the death of baby as young as this are quite strong, no matter the reasons it happened.

None of us have any idea what drove this mother to do this, so none of us are in any position to make assumptions

This is quite so as well, yet are you not doing the same by making or giving the potential excuse that it was related to depression? No matter what the note says or otherwise? Are you not assuming something yourself as well here?

My point is that this is just like so many other articles here on JT, one to raise the anger of the readers, and nary a follow up that give any explanations.

Yub - thanks for your reply.

Yes I am also guilty of an assumption, but its an educated guess, and my point was to highlight the darkness that is depression when posters are claiming she is a murderer and a witch etc. I wanted posters to respect what depression can do to people, even though it is an assumption.

This is certainly one of the most tragic, soul crushing stories I’ve read in a while. Poor kids.

The baby who was taken was two months old. It seems much more likely to be post natal depression than anything else. It's possible she couldn't handle it anymore and didn't want to burden her husband, whom she felt she loved dearly, and she still loved her four yr old as well. Yes I'm speculating too... I just want to think the best of people until it is ruled out. Whatever... This is tragic. So sad.

The 4 year old had a lucky escape! its a shame the baby didn't have a happy ending,

PND likely strikes again. So sad that it strikes at all in this modern society. RIP you two.

I wonder if the father was working on the Saturday as well?

That poor dad and son. The dad has to hold himself together for the sake of his surviving kid now - but how do you hold yourself together after something like that? I don't know if I could do it.