Overview

• Police arrested the 26-year-old father and mother on suspicion of abandonment by a guardian resulting in death and transferred them to prosecutors, and both have admitted the allegations.
• The mother initially told hospital staff a jaw injury came from a jungle-gym fall, but later told police she pushed the child and the girl struck her face on the floor; a CT scan confirmed a jaw fracture.
• A judicial autopsy found subcutaneous bleeding to the face and head and internal organ damage, determining the cause of death as traumatic shock from whole-body blunt-force trauma.
• The child weighed about 6 kilograms—roughly half the norm for her age—and investigators are examining suspected neglect, including inadequate nutrition and instances of leaving her alone.
• Police believe the assaults occurred from around last autumn through early July, and they are probing possible concealment and motive after a July 10 emergency call reported the child not breathing.