4-year-old girl died Anonymous report with video posting, discovered September 2, 18:59
An incident occurred in Izumi City, Kagoshima Prefecture, when 4-year-old Etsuko Otsuka (4) died and a man who was a partner of his mother was arrested on suspicion of assault. The day after the assault, Aoi-chan died after being transported to the hospital as “drown in the bath”. According to the police, the cause of death appears to be drowning, but the whole body was injured.
It was March in the last year that a report about Tsuji Ehime was sent to the child guidance center. It was an anonymous report saying that a video that was abused was posted.
A child counseling office, the police in Kagoshima Prefecture, the police, and the person in charge of Satsuma Kawauchi, who lived at that time, visited Tomako Ehime and his mother. about it.
However, after about two weeks from March 21st to April 2nd, the police guarded Tsuji Airi-chan walking near his home late at night.
During this time, the police have told the child guidance center twice that it is necessary to protect them temporarily, but the child guidance center said that “there is no problem with the parent-child relationship because the child does not seem to hate the mother”. There was no temporary protection.
However, because he was often away from his parents, he decided that neglect was abandoned and decided on a policy of temporary protection when a similar incident occurred at a meeting with the city or police.
After that, in July, Ehime and her mother move to Izumi City.
Satsuma Kawauchi City handed over to Izumi City as a “case of neglect” when moving, and also reported that “the mother has a partner man”. However, because it was judged to be “a neglect by the mother”, it was said that the partner was not examined in detail.
In addition, the prefectural child guidance center has confirmed by telephone that the case has been taken over from Izumi City as a neglect case.
On July 22, after moving, the mother took Aoi-chan to the hospital, saying that she “vomited her head against the table while playing indoors”.
On the 5th of last month, information from the hospital where the mother visited was "There were several bruises on the girl's face."
A man living in the room next to the apartment told NHK's interview that "I have heard crying in the middle of the night for the past month or so."
Izumi City continued to visit his home based on information from the hospital, and was able to meet his mother and Ehime on the 26th of last month, the fourth visit. At that time, I could not confirm the bruises on my face, and my mother replied that there was no particular change in the child's appearance, so I did not examine the physical condition in detail, and I did not contact the police or the child guidance center.
Izumi City said, “Because it was handed over as a neglect case, it was not enough to ascertain the safety of the girls, and it was not possible to confirm the scars hidden in the clothes. It was a place. "
Aoi-chan was assaulted the day after the meeting with the person in charge of Izumi City, and died after being transported to the hospital as “drown in the bath” the next day.
I tend to take a day off at three nursery schools
According to Satsuma Kawauchi City, Kagoshima Prefecture, where Otsuka Tsuji Airi-chan (4) lived until July, and the nursery school in the city, Tsumu-Ehime-chan began to go to nursery at the age of 0 after being born in the city. So far, I have attended at least three nurseries in the city.
All nursery schools tend to take a day off and sometimes leave during the year.
Of these, according to the nursery school that I attended from April to June, only 3 days were actually attended during the three months, and many were absent without prior notice.
For this reason, I was informed by phone from the nursery school when the holidays continued, but most of the time I did not answer the phone.
Because the city received a message saying “Neglect has a tendency to abandon childcare,” the staff spoke as much as possible and paid attention to their physical condition.
There was no particular problem with the medical examination conducted in March before admission, and when the mother came to pick up, it seemed that she was chasing her mother and there was no situation that caused abuse.
“I remember that I was really laughing when I went on an excursion. When I left the park in June, we all had a farewell party. "
The number of temporary protections increases year by year.
The number of “temporary protection” that separates children from their parents due to abuse and economic reasons is increasing year by year, with over 41,000 cases in 2017, an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to five years ago. The
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare asks the Child Guidance Center to provide temporary protection if there is any suspicion that the child's safety is threatened.
On the other hand, if the child is forcibly separated, there is a risk that the trust relationship with the parents will be destroyed and the subsequent support will be difficult, so the site will always be forced to make difficult decisions.
For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare presents specific cases in the guidelines for dealing with abuse, and if a child is seeking protection, or is injured or injured by assault or neglect, Temporary protection will be considered for cases where abuse is likely to be repeated.
The country strengthens measures
In light of the continual death of children due to child abuse, the government has been strengthening measures.
In July of last year, in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, a five-year-old girl died without being able to eat enough food.
One of them is thorough response when the child's safety cannot be confirmed. If you are unable to meet your child within 48 hours of reporting abuse and you cannot confirm their safety, you will be required to conduct an on-site investigation.
In addition, in order to strengthen cooperation between the Child Guidance Center and the police, injuries or neglects caused by abuse, cases where safety cannot be confirmed within 48 hours after reporting, and cases where “temporary protection” was canceled and returned to the home So we are going to thoroughly share information.
Furthermore, if there is a risk that the child's safety or life may be threatened, he / she will carry out temporary protection.
Expert "Children's correspondence needs to be verified"
Prof. Bunji Yamazaki from Kansai University, who is familiar with the problem of abuse, said, “When a child was busy at night for a short period of time, the police reported two times, and the hospital told me that there was a“ bruise ”. There should have been a timing to save lives by protecting them temporarily, etc. Just because a child doesn't hate her mother doesn't mean that she doesn't protect her child temporarily, and Izumi City has a child for three weeks after being contacted by the hospital. There is also a possibility that the mother refused to meet her child until she had disappeared, and the timing of temporary protection, how to take over when moving, and information from related agencies It is necessary to verify the response when it is received. "