Overview
- On Dec. 9, Setagaya Police sent case files to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of professional negligence causing death against a babysitter in her 70s.
- Investigators say the child lost consciousness while bathing alone on Feb. 25 in a Setagaya apartment and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- Police allege the caregiver failed to keep watch, during which the girl choked on vomit in the bath.
- The woman was dispatched through a babysitting company and had previously cared for the girl multiple times, according to investigators.
- Reports say the suspect has acknowledged the allegation and that the mother was out at the time.