Last week, two young children died in a car in a parking lot of a park in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture. arrested on suspicion.
Before 5:00 p.m. on the 29th of last month, Kosho Nagasawa, who was in the car, received a call from the parking lot of Bosai no Oka Park in Atsugi City saying, "Two children in the car were unconscious." (1) died shortly after being transported to the hospital, and his 2-year-old sister, who was unconscious and in critical condition, also died on the morning of the 2nd.
Of these, the cause of death for Kosho-kun is believed to be heatstroke.
The police were investigating the situation at the time, but on the 2nd, it was suspected that Reina Nagasawa (21), an unemployed mother in Hase, Atsugi City, had left her eldest son Kosho in the car. Arrested on suspicion of abandonment.
Initially, in response to the police investigation, he explained, "I turned off the engine and opened the window for about 30 minutes. I put my child to sleep in the back seat and watched my smartphone in the front seat." In response to the investigation after the arrest, he admitted to the suspicion that "there is no doubt that only the child was left alone."
In addition, according to investigative sources, it was found that her mother left her eldest son in the car parked in the parking lot of a commercial facility in Kanagawa Prefecture early last month and went shopping.
In response to this, the police reportedly notified the Child Guidance Center.
The police are investigating the cause of death of the eldest daughter and the circumstances of childcare in detail.