Father, 3 children die in apparent murder-suicide in HiroshimaWednesday 17th June, 09:02 AM JST
HIROSHIMA —The bodies of a man and his three children were discovered Tuesday by the man’s parents who had come to visit him in his Nishi Ward apartment. The children, two 4 year-old twin boys and a 3 year-old girl, were all nursery school students. According to police, the four were laying on their futons and had no visible external injuries. In the room were charcoal cinders and a make-shift will scribbled on a piece of paper. Police believe the man forced the three children to commit suicide with him.
According to Hiroshima City officials, the man was receiving welfare for the three children.
Based on witness reports that the man and children had been seen in the neighborhood about a week before the incident and the state of the bodies, police believe the deaths occurred a few days prior to being discovered. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death.
The three children lived together with their father, who was separated from his wife. The children had been absent from nursery school since mid-May.
The Hiroshima City child consultation office reports that the man had called them at the end of January and admitted he was having difficulty taking care of the three children. The office recommended he temporarily give the children up, but the man refused. From that time, a child welfare office contacted the family once per month, and when an officer visited the home at the end of May, the children appeared to be healthy and the man in high spirits.
Woman jumps to death from bldg; 1-yr-old daughter found dead in bedroomWednesday 17th June, 01:35 PM JST
TOKYO —A 32-year-old woman died on Tuesday after apparently jumping from the 14th floor of an apartment building in Nerima Ward, police said. Her 1-year-old daughter was found dead in the apartment, and police believe the woman strangled her daughter before jumping from the building.
Natsuko Yumoto was found lying in the apartment building car park at around 10.30 a.m. by one of the building managers. Yumoto was rushed to hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after. She lived with her husband and daughter in an apartment on the 4th floor, but police said they found a bag belonging to her in a corridor on the 14th floor, and believe she jumped from there.
Yumoto’s daughter, Akari, was found dead in the 4th floor apartment with strangle marks around her neck, believed to have been inflicted with an electrical cord. A note was found nearby, which said sorry in addition to some other comments not made public. Police said the Yumoto’s husband was working on Tuesday.
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