In April last year, Kanagawa Prefecture and the Child Guidance Center held a press conference about a case in which a 27-year-old mother was arrested for assaulting and killing a 2-year-old boy in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and entered a facility. He revealed that the incident had occurred the month after he returned the boy who had been with him to his home.
The prefecture and the Child Guidance Center said, "We take it very seriously and think it's very unfortunate. We think it's necessary to thoroughly verify it."
Kanagawa Prefecture, the Hiratsuka Child Guidance Center, and the Central Child Guidance Center held a press conference at the prefectural office from 6:00 pm on the 21st, and clarified the details of how they dealt with the deceased Sora Tashiro (2 years old at the time). bottom.
According to that, on the day of her delivery in May 2019, she received a notice of neglect from the medical institution for not preparing necessary items such as diapers and not being ready for the newborn. is.
The following month, we temporarily took Soraku-kun into the care of an infant home, and in January 2020, after half a year, we switched to a facility.
After that, from around April 2021, after confirming the mother's intentions about picking up Soraki-kun, we will implement support programs such as visiting mothers and children at facilities, going out, and staying out, and will cooperate with Fujisawa City, nursery schools, and infant homes. It means that we continued to support each other while working together.
As a result, she was determined to be able to return to her home, and the lockdown was lifted on March 31, 2022, about a month before the incident occurred.
When nursery staff visited her home the next day, they found a small bruise on her left cheek, but her mother said, "She hit something."
After that, she was able to contact her mother by phone, but she canceled many visits due to her poor health such as her fever.
During this time, the Child Guidance Center did not visit his home, and he died on April 23 without being able to visit him.
The prefectural government and the Child Guidance Center said, "We considered the physical condition of the mother and child, but we believe there may have been an issue with the method of confirming safety. , There is also the idea that we should have visited the home and met.I think that there were points to reflect on and issues to be addressed.We are planning to verify by a third party in the future, so I would like you to verify it thoroughly."