Mother attempts suicide after strangling 3-month-old son in Tokyo

Japan Today
Thursday 24th April, 11:21 AM JST
Source: http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/mother-commits-suicide-after-strangling-3-month-old-son-in-tokyo

TOKYO — Police on Thursday morning arrested a woman for allegedly strangling her 3-month-old son with a towel on Wednesday night. The suspect had also drunk a bleaching substance and cut her wrists in an attempt to commit suicide, police said.

Megumi Iwase, 33, called police around 5:15 p.m., saying she had strangled her son Shuji in their apartment in Edogawa Ward. When police arrived, they found the child dead and Iwase still conscious despite her suicide attempt. She was taken to hospital where her condition stabilized overnight.

The mother was quoted by police as saying, “I was upset because my son’s development was slower than other children his age.” The child’s father was at work when the murder occurred.