When three mothers were arrested for burying the body of their eldest son, who was five years old, under the floor of a house in Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture, when the mother was informed that she was suspected of being abused, she said, "To an acquaintance living together. It will be a nuisance, "he said in an interview with the city, etc., that he did not reveal his place of residence.

Chika Kakimoto (30), an unemployed Hiroki Niwa (34), and Yoko Ishii (54), the wife of Niwa's inner relatives, are dispatched employees from Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture, in mid-January. There is a suspicion that Kakimoto's eldest son, Ayumu-kun (5), was abandoned under the floor of his house.



According to the police investigation, all of them admitted the charges and stated that "three people dug a hole and filled it."



According to Honjo City and others, Kakimoto's parents and children started living with Niwa and others in the house at the site while leaving the resident's card in another place, but it was reported in September last year that there was a suspicion of abuse. At that time, he refused to answer to the person in charge of the city, saying, "It will cause trouble for acquaintances living together."



At that time, there were no signs of abuse, and the city said it could no longer confirm its living conditions.



The police are investigating the relationship between the three people and the actual situation of their lives, as well as clarifying how Ayumu died.

○ Background to the discovery of the incident

This is the process leading up to the discovery of the incident, which was revealed by interviews with the police and Honjo City.

Started living together around January last year

Niwa and his wife Ishii lived in the house at the site, but from around January last year, Kakimoto and his eldest son, Ayumu, will live together.

Reported to the city “suspicion of abuse” last September

Eight months later, in September last year, the city was notified of suspected abuse.



The content was that his mother was taking a picture of the situation after receiving a sermon from a man for over an hour in a sitting position without being given food to his eldest son at a restaurant.



The next day, a city official spoke to her mother in a nursery school and she said, "When her son doesn't understand, I'm being scolded by an acquaintance who lives with me. No physical violence. I said that.



The city shared information with the child guidance center and confirmed the situation through the nursery center, but the parent-child relationship was good and there were no signs of abuse.

I will not come to the nursery school at the end of January 12th

It wasn't until this time that there was a change.



Ayumu-kun stopped coming to the nursery school on January 12th.



Eight days later, on January 20, when Kakimoto visited the city hall to complete the procedure for leaving the park, the person in charge asked about his safety and said, "My son is doing well at his parents' house in Osaka." am.



However, because the moving procedure was not completed in February, when the city contacted the local government in Osaka, the answer was received on March 2 that there was no fact that they had moved.

March 5 Police search home and find corpse

The city reported to the police that day.



When police searched his home on the 5th, Ayumu-kun's body was found under the floor.