Mother, 2 men suspected of concealing body of 9-year-old girl

Sunday 26th April, 02:38 AM JST

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likeitis at 03:15 PM JST - 25th April

Disillusioned: Why isn't the school facing disciplinary action for failing to report it?

Failing to report what? That a kid had a bruised face and claimed to be hit by a parent or guardian? The school tried to follow up on it, but couldn't. That was not much ground for calling the cops. Have you never been hit by a parent or guardian? I have. Several times. And I am glad there was no over-reactive individuals around to get the cops and welfare services involved or I might have ground up in an orphanage for what was next to nothing.
shackleberry at 03:50 PM JST - 25th April

Smoke the mother and the two male accomplices! No trial! Nothing! I don`t want my hard earned yen wasted on feeding these animals! The DEATH PENALTY ROCKS!
likeitis at 04:11 PM JST - 25th April

I don`t want my hard earned yen wasted on feeding these animals!

More of our money will be used to execute them, since you seem so worried about your money rather than say, civilized behavior.
sharky1 at 06:08 PM JST - 25th April

Anytime abuse is suspected (the key word is "suspected") there is a duty to report it to the authorities. It is up to the cops to investigate it, not the school. Lots of screw ups on this case.
Disillusioned at 06:30 PM JST - 25th April

likeitis - Have you never been hit by a parent or guardian? I have. Several times.

So, you were abused too! Does that make this instance OK? Did you ever get smacked in the face so hard by your parent/guardian you received a bruised face from it? That is abuse, plain and simple and should have been reported to the social services by the school staff and the child should have been removed from the home long before she became a victim of these monsters. We see this same situation over and over again in Japan and the kid all too often ends up dead at the hands of so-called adults.
JapanHusker at 06:58 PM JST - 25th April

ikeitis at 04:11 PM JST - 25th April

"More of our money will be used to execute them, since you seem so worried about your money rather than say, civilized behavior."

And WELL worth it. I'll even chip in extra. Care to join them?
donpolski at 10:27 PM JST - 25th April

how sad, such beautiful children undergoing horrific torture. The saddest thing I've ever read about is the 'Concrete Girl'. 'Be ye kind', makes sense when you read things like this, who knows what people are going through?
donpolski at 10:28 PM JST - 25th April

Be ye kind
MeanRingo at 10:38 PM JST - 25th April

Burakumindesu wrote: To all those calling for the death penalty, sorry, this is Japan guys - not America. Child killings in Japan are not considered by the Japanese people as being in the worst types of crimes.

Sad but true. I bet they get less than five years. But what I really don't understand about this article (and Japan) is how an article like this can be written without once mentioning the word "murder". I just don't believe it. How did the girl die? Was she abandoned to death?
memyselfI at 08:14 AM JST - 26th April

ghetto people having ghetto babies The child grew up in a bad enviroment. It's sad. The school doesn't have the power to do anything except believe what the parents are saying. They have no real power

The police can't do anything. This is not america. There are no child protection laws that can take a child away from an abusive enviroment. This is not america.
WilliB at 12:04 PM JST - 26th April

memyself:

" ghetto people having ghetto babies "

Actually, Japanese TV has dug out older footage from when before the mom met her current boyfriend. At that time, she did go to kindergarten events, and both the kid and mom looked happy and healthy; very different from the recent pics that show her emanciated and aggressive. Clearly, the "family" dynamics changed with the boyfriend.

Again, I think the school has part of the responsibility to notice such things and take action.
BBLeo at 01:08 PM JST - 26th April

Such Barbarians should hang immediately. There is no excuse or mercy. Hope that prosecutor will ask for death penalty. How disgusting.!!!
pointofview at 12:22 PM JST - 27th April

If the school thought that something fishy was going on, they should have insisted that the police investigate sooner. Wasn`t this child bruised up in January? But this is Japan and when you are told to believe something (even when you have doubts) people usually say Hai! bow and walk away. The school should have been far more pro-active in this case and demanded action earlier on. Very sad.
Coolasapool at 02:45 PM JST - 27th April

disgusting? why oh why are they not arreseted for "suspicion of murder"? rather than this stupid "abandoning a body" nonsense???
dennis0bauer at 03:21 PM JST - 27th April

she had bruises on her face and claimed at school to have been abused, according to the sources.

if this was done regulary why did not someone report it?