Overview
- Shizuoka Prefectural Police arrested Kawaguchi Yoko, 37, on Oct. 22 on suspicion of abandoning her 5-year-old daughter's body in a home freezer.
- Officers took her into custody in a parking lot in Iwata city and have not disclosed whether she admits the allegation.
- The girl’s body was found in the family freezer on Sept. 14 after the mother reported her missing, and investigators are examining suspected suffocation.
- In a separate case in Sayo, Hyogo, a 1-year-5-month-old boy died after being struck by a passenger car driven by his 40-year-old mother on Oct. 20 at about 6:10 p.m.
- The mother told police she felt the right front wheel ride over something as she attempted to enter the carport after unloading, and Tatsuno police are investigating the circumstances.