Man arrested over death of 10-year-old boy in tub of boiling water

Without even reading the story, seeing only the headline ruins the morning mood.

I dont know why people like to put this kind of headlines , you just want people to make sick of life.

NEAR BOILING water. H20 BP is 100degC at sea level. I didn't knew water heaters can go up as 90C. Mine can only fire arround 75. BTW, it was an accident so why is he charged with manslaughter?

Isn't 90 below boiling? Still ridiculously hot (90 C = 194 F). Nasty way to go, accident or not. Idiot adults. RIP.

The big question is, did the boy have clothes on?

If he did not, then there is no way this was not done without malice.

If he did have cloths on, then how did the water reach that temperature to begin with?

what's the point of having 90 degree Celsius water in a tub? What was he going to do with it? boil eggs?

Thank you Mirai. Exactly my question. Some more details please.

Sounds like a horrible accident. I would also investigate the water heating unit. It may have malfunctioned.

accident????? really? I mean, for what reason they filled the bathtub with 90 degree water? normally, the bath water cannot be that hot UNLESS they boil water in the kitchen and fill the tub with the water. and how does the boy fell in the tub? he's not a toddler, even IF he was joking around and walking on the edge of the bathtub, I can imagine his legs get burned but other than that.. unless someone pushes him into the tub..

but really, I'd like to know for WHAT PURPOSE they filled the tub with hot water?

Hands down one of the more bizarre articles in recent times. I can't think of any reason why you would need to have your bathtub filled with that hot of water, or why anyone would think it was acceptable to "joke around" by it. Really hope we get some more details on this as I really want to know what his excuse is for this. Even if they can't get him for murder he should at least be charged for negligence resulting in death.

@amidalism

The article says in the first line that he's being charged with manslaughter.

@titaniumdioxide

Manslaughter is the category that says it was an accident. That's the difference between manslaughter and murder. It was an accident, but they were still negligent in letting that situation occur ("We were joking around"). It shouldn't have happened if they had been doing things like they should have.

What were they doing with a tub of 90-degree water?

So, did he continuously boil the water in a pot on the stove and put it in the tub? If so, what was the purpose? It would be nice to have some more pertinent details.

I just read another article about this incident - Mori said that he was holding the boy up above the hot tub and accidentally dropped him.. apparently the boy was dropped, he did not fall into the tub like JT says - there is a big difference betweeb falling into a tub and being dropped into a tub.

@fishy

thanks for that. NOW the article makes a lot more sense.

Tahoochi and Mirai.... YES!

Why have a bathtub of boiling water?

The older style of bathtub, with a dedicated heater attached, is quite different from those that have become more common in newer dwellings.

The new ones run the hot water from a central heater with a thermostat, and the ones that I've seen don't let you set the thermostat above 75.

The old type, however, simply have a gas fire which heats water that enters the heater pipes from the tub, goes through and gets heated, and then is returned to the tub, endlessly cycling until you turn the heater off. No thermostat, and the water will get to boiling point if you let it. There are even warning labels about avoiding "karadaki", that is, letting the water boil off until there is no longer water in the heater, which will soon destroy the heater and used to cause fires fairly regularly.

Why someone would purposely let the water get that hot is a mystery to me, however.

Our bathtub in Kobe had no thermostat and was heated by a gas burner which had to be lit outside the house. One had to be constantly aware of the temperature, especially for bathing small children. Apart from that, I loved the wooden bathtub !

Wow two weeks of sheer pain.

'WHAT'!!! So much for a nice breakfast this morning.

I'm guessing the translation is a bit muddy, the word for bath can be used for another large vessel of liquids not necessarily meant for bathing. It could have been a batch cooker for noodles or something related to manufacture. Or it could have been an old type of boiler that outputs really hot water that you mix out yourself.

Boil the father see if he likes it