Woman arrested for dumping unwanted newborn on Gunma road

Tuesday 01st September, 08:13 AM JST

MAEBASHI —

Police in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, arrested a 29-year-old woman Monday on suspicion of dumping the body of a newborn boy at the side of the road. The woman, identified as Kiyomi Inoue, has admitted to the charge and was quoted by police as saying: “His father was someone I hated.”

Police said that Inoue dumped the infant’s body, placenta and other waste at the side of the road at around 10 p.m. on Aug 27. According to police, the boy was about 47 centimeters long and weighed 2.2 kilograms, and had died before taking his first breath.

In the early-morning hours of Aug 28, Inoue was at a nearby convenience store when she was noticed by police on patrol because she had blood on her feet. Police said she has reportedly been sleeping in parks around the city since December of last year.

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buggerlugs at 10:45 PM JST - 1st September

I'm sorry i care that a BABY died!!! Why should we not show our horror and speculation on this!! She couldve gotten help or at least put the little guy, cause that's what he is, put him where he'd be found!! She said she hated the father so sounds like she didn't care bout the little angel either.
Ill codemn any who try to tell me it's ok to let a baby die!! Even myself a little for my previous post saying in one situation I can, on some level, understand why it's posssible to allow a BABY to die. I posted before that I, mrs buggerlugs and our 3 kids would welcome a new addition if these scum parents don't want their kids, send them to us!! We would welcome them!! Even on my pathetic teachers salary.
womanforwomen at 11:02 PM JST - 1st September

knews I think that there should be some way to stop this kind of murder. Either the people in the park should be provided some form of help. So are all the babies born to people living in the parks going to die this way? They should not be concieved in the first place, and if they do then they should not be killed. The woman had some sense when she concieved, then she should use that sense to leave that baby in a place where it will be found.

I understand that many posters are saying that the woman should be punished in a cruel way.How does that help? If rich people with so many opportunities go scot free after committing a crime (the actor involved in the death of a poor woman who was released on bail), why should only the poor be penalized?
parforthecourse at 11:38 PM JST - 1st September

HalcyonDaze at 10:18 PM JST - 1st September "The self-righteous and uncompassionate attitude of some of the posters on this site is almost as shocking as the "crimes" they are so quick to condemn."

I've tons of compassion - for the baby. That, obviously, is the difference betwixt my sort and yours - I have compassion for the innocent victims, you have compassion (empathy?) for the murderous scum. That simple.

Show me a society where dumping a baby and leaving it to die ISN'T a crime, and I'll show you a vile puddle of vomit that, obviously, is your dreamworld.
mnemosyne23 at 11:51 PM JST - 1st September

I'd have to know the reason why this woman "hated" the child's father before I'd make any judgments about her mental state. If she was raped, I can absolutely understand her reasons for not wanting to keep the baby, though I can never, EVER condone her methods. Even if the child was stillborn, a human body should be treated with respect and dignity, not thrown out like garbage. And if the child was NOT stillborn, and might in fact have lived had it been delivered and cared for properly, then there is no excuse -- none -- for her actions. Find a hospital, a police station, a temple, a church -- somewhere. There ARE people who are willing to help, and if you want to get rid of the baby and never see it again, that can be done, too. Anything less is murder.

Of course, if her reasons for hating the father aren't criminal in nature (in other words, she wasn't raped, abused, or otherwise mistreated in a cruel and criminal manner), and instead her hatred is borne out of something selfish and self-serving (like he didn't buy her shoes she wanted, or he dumped her for another girl), then I have no sympathy for her at all. Given that she's been sleeping in parks since December, though, I'm more inclined to believe she was the victim of a crime than a philandering boyfriend or husband.
parforthecourse at 12:03 AM JST - 2nd September

mnemosyne23 : " If she was raped, I can absolutely understand her reasons for not wanting to keep the baby, though I can never, EVER condone her methods. Even if the child was stillborn, a human body should be treated with respect and dignity, not thrown out like garbage. And if the child was NOT stillborn, and might in fact have lived had it been delivered and cared for properly, then there is no excuse -- none -- for her actions. Find a hospital, a police station, a temple, a church -- somewhere. There ARE people who are willing to help, and if you want to get rid of the baby and never see it again, that can be done, too. Anything less is murder."

Bravo! Unfortunately, your words fall silent on the deaf ears of those who have no soul, no compassion for anyone who infringes upon their self-proclaimed rights to do as they please - damn the victims in their wake.

Compassion and empathy for the criminal is psychopathic, at best.
knews at 12:14 AM JST - 2nd September

womanforwoman

How do you know "...the woman had some sense when she conceived"? That is pure speculation. Well, I speculate that she couldn't afford to have an abortion so she delivered the baby when he was ready to be born. Babies don't all start breathing by themselves when born and, as the article says, died before breathing on his own. Yes it is terrible, but again, if we all sentence people based on three little paragraphs in the media, that doesn't really help at all.
womanforwomen at 01:30 AM JST - 2nd September

Knews you are right. It is speculations by all of us from different angles. And the woman is just another human being like us. Some mistakes cannot be reversed.
KitsuneYoukai at 03:52 AM JST - 2nd September

That's right! All it takes is one mess up to ruin the rest of your life with no take backs.

The woman has been living, basically, on the streets since last December. Who knows how this would affect any of us. I find the social stresses in Japan affect people here more. Whatever the real reasons for this crime, it is still a sad thing what she did. To have that much "hatred" as she put it to kill an innocent. No justification can make this a reasonable action no matter religious or non-religious affilations anyone has.
bgaudry at 08:22 AM JST - 2nd September

Fact is - we don't know enough to be able to judge this woman's character and whether or not she is guilty of any crime nor could be judge her moral standings either.

Correct, but this won't stop the hate-filled from being her judge and jury.

We all feel for this poor child, but some of us don't immediately condemn fellow human beings based upon a poorly written Internet news article.
Heda_Madness at 10:42 AM JST - 2nd September

It seems a few people have misread the article. Just to confirm: The boy had died before taking his first breath.

Which doesn't mean she killed him.

Also, the weight of the baby is 2.2 kg which seems pretty small to me. Obviously this could be because she'd been living rough during her pregnancy but also could be because the baby was born premature.

We're so quick to criticise on this board, yet at times we need to take a step back and look at the possible explanations.
JasUK at 12:05 PM JST - 2nd September

It is a shame baby died, but long term the child would have had a realy missed up life if parents are as detailed in the Report. Also i note adoption in Japan is not a big thing so if mother did not want the child whats would happen to the poor Child?
corinnajune at 11:41 PM JST - 2nd September

i don't understand the people calling her a murderer when the one fact clearly stated in the article is that the baby died before taking it's first breath

and she obviously did not get any help while she slept in the streets all those months, and obviously is uninsured- where could she have gone? and sleeping on the streets worrying about where your next meal is coming from, trying to keep warm, and trying not to be raped/murdered, how was she supposed to track down any helpful resources?

there is always more to a story than what is immediately apparent. jumping to conclusions and condemning a woman without the facts doesn't help the situation.

in any case, this is a pitiable tragedy on all sides.
kokorocloud at 09:18 AM JST - 4th September

I agree with corinna. Whatever the situation is here, I feel for the woman and also for the child, who never had a chance to live. No matter who is at fault here, the whole thing is just terrible for everyone involved.
sarahsoy29 at 04:41 PM JST - 4th September

What's with all the people calling this person a murderer? The baby was probably born dead. It's birthweight was very low, so it quite likely was born prematurely. 2.5 kgs is something like the 10th percentile for birthweight, and this baby weighed less. Things may have been different if the baby was born in a hospital with a NICU unit, but how is a homeless woman going to have access to such a hospital? Her comment that the father was someone she didn't like is being taken rather unfortunately out of context, since that makes it sound like a reason for killing a baby that she probably had no chance of saving in the first place. Also, to the nutter who would have taken the baby in, what would you have done with a stillborn baby?
sarahsoy29 at 04:49 PM JST - 4th September

@mnemosyne23

I can't really agree with you that there's always someone willing to help or that this woman had access to such help, because that someone had 9 months, while she was wandering around homeless and pregnant, to help her, but no one did. Yes, the mentally ill often lack the ability to seek such help for themselves, or to realize what kind of help they need. That is why so many are homeless.