In April last year, a 31-year-old mother was arrested on suspicion of murder for killing her seven-month-old daughter by blocking her nose and mouth in a house in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture.


According to the police investigation, he stated that he was "worried about various things such as childcare."

"I was worried about childcare"

The person arrested was Rina Tanaka (31), an unemployed person in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture.



According to police, on April 23, last year, at his home in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, where he lived at that time, he was suspected of having killed his eldest daughter, Sumika Furukawa, who was seven months old, by blocking her nose and mouth with her hands. I will.



According to the investigation so far, Tanaka himself called the police immediately after the incident and said, "I found an unconscious daughter at home," and the next day, he was taken to the husband at that time and appeared. ..



The police were proceeding with the investigation by listening to the people concerned, but Tanaka was hospitalized due to an injury last June, so he was arrested on the 26th waiting for recovery.



After admitting the suspicion to the investigation, the police are investigating the motives in detail because they stated that they were worried about various things such as childcare and the future.