36-year-old woman arrested for leaving one-month-old daughter in trash container
ゴミ箱に赤ちゃんを置き去り 一体なぜ? 36歳母親を逮捕 山口・防府市
Japan Today -- May 14
Police in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, have arrested a 36-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of parental neglect after she left her one-month-old daughter in a trash container.
According to police, Hiroe Okada placed the infant, wrapped in a blanket, in a trash container outside a nursery at around noon on Thursday, Fuji TV reported. A nursery employee found the infant a few minutes later and contacted the police.
Police said the baby was not injured. ...continue reading
May 14 (FNNプライムオンライン) - 山口・防府市で、生後1カ月の赤ちゃんをゴミ箱に置き去りにした疑いで、36歳の無職の母親が逮捕された。 ...continue reading
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