強國日本 - Japan woman arrested over death of 2-year-old daughter in Aichi arrested, received, relative, killed, police

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Sep. 17, 2011 - 06:38AM JST

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AICHI

Police said Friday they have arrested a hospitalized woman who claimed to have killed her 2-year-old daughter at their apartment in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, on Thursday.

According to a TV Asahi report, a male relative contacted the police claiming to have received a call from the woman, in which she reportedly said that she had killed her daughter.” When police arrived at around 10 p.m., they found the baby girl unconscious. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later. An autopsy Friday revealed that the child had been strangled.

Police said the woman had ingested drugs and was not lucid when they arrived at the apartment. It was also reported that no obvious marks or bruises were found on the girl’s body. The woman is now undergoing treatment in hospital, TV Asahi reported.

Police questioned the woman who admitted to causing daughter’s death.

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