On the 26th, police arrested three mothers who were arrested for burying the body of a 5-year-old boy under the floor in a house in Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture. I was arrested.

Re-arrested were Tomoka Kakimoto (30), an unemployed Hiroki Niwa (34), and Yoko Ishii (54), the wife of Niwa's inner relatives, who was dispatched to Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture. am.



According to police investigations, the three were suspected of being injured and killed by assaulting Kakimoto's eldest son, Ayumu-kun (5), at his home in Honjo City, where he lived together, around January 18. Has been held.



Police arrested three people on the 5th of this month on suspicion of abandoning Ayumu-kun's body under the floor of the house and were investigating how they died.



As a result, he was re-arrested on the 26th because it was found that Ayumu-kun died due to strong force on the back of his head from the condition of his body.



Police have not disclosed the approval or disapproval of the three as interfering with the investigation.

Background of the incident

This is the details of the incident that was revealed by interviews with the police and Honjo City.

Ayumu-kun and four people live together

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



The nursery school, learning that the place of residence had changed, asked Kakimoto where to move, but he refused to say so.



Also, from that time on, Ayumu-kun seemed to be restless.

The city is reported on suspicion of abuse

Eight months after the four people started living together, the city was notified in September of last year that they were suspected of being abused.



The content was that her mother was taking a picture of the situation after sitting at a restaurant for more than an hour and receiving a sermon from a suspected Niwa.



The store had witnessed Ayumu-kun receiving a sermon for a long time twice before, so he heard from Ayumu-kun about the nursery school he attended and reported it.

City "Good parent-child relationship No signs of abuse"

The next day, a city official confirmed with Kakimoto at the nursery school that he answered, "When my son doesn't understand what he says, he is scolded by an acquaintance who lives with him. There is no physical violence." am.



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

Even though he doesn't come to the nursery school, he says, "I'm fine at my parents' house in Osaka."

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



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



Eight days later, on January 20, Kakimoto visited the city hall to complete the procedure for leaving the park.



At this time, when the person in charge asked Ayumu-kun's safety, he said, "I'm doing well at my parents' house in Osaka."



I gave the same explanation on the phone with the person in charge of the city on the 8th of last month, but when the city contacted the local government in Osaka, the answer was that there was no actual move on the 2nd of this month.

Ayumu-kun's body found under the floor of the house

The city reported to the police that day.



According to the investigators, when the police asked Kakimoto about the situation, he explained, "I can't go to Osaka because I'm afraid of Corona, and I'm locked up in my house."



Subsequent investigations found Ayumu-kun's body in the soil under the floor of the house, and the three were arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body.

Nursery center "I'm sorry I couldn't save my life"

According to the nursery school that Ayumu Kakimoto (5) attended, Ayumu entered the park in 2017 when she was 0 years old.



She said she was fine and loved to play outside, and she was kind to her friends.



According to the nursery center, she seemed to be restless since she moved to the house where the incident happened last January, but there are other incidents such as wounds on her body. It means that it was not seen.



She was the last to go to the park and did not seem to have changed on January 12th.



Regarding Ayumu-kun's death, the nursery center said, "I lost one life I wanted to help. I'm sorry I couldn't save it."