Chiba man arrested for beating 8-month-old daughter to death

Japan Today
Sunday 18th May, 01:29 PM JST
Source: http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/chiba-man-arrested-for-beating-8-month-old-daughter-to-death

Police on Saturday arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly beating his 8-month-old daughter to death at their home in Chiba’s Chuo Ward on Friday night. According to police, Kazuo Sugatani went into a room where his daughter was crying around 11:45 on Friday night. He told police he gave her a bottle of milk but when she wouldn’t stop crying, he hit her in the face and on her head.

Sugatani’s 22-year-old wife told police she was in another room watching TV at the time. She said her husband came back and said there was something wrong with the child. They then called 119. The child died of internal bleeding a few hours later in hospital, police said.

Man arrested for beating baby daughter into coma

The Mainichi Shimbun
May 17, 2008
Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080517p2a00m0na003000c.html

CHIBA -- A man has been arrested for punching his baby daughter in the face after she wouldn't stop crying, causing serious injuries and leaving her in a coma, police said.

Kazuo Sugaya, 30, a resident of Chuo-ku, Chiba, stands accused of inflicting bodily injury. He admitted to the allegations.

"I hit her in the head and face because she wouldn't stop crying, even though I fed her," he was quoted as telling investigators.

Local police allege the attack occurred at around 12 a.m. on Friday. The baby girl suffered internal bleeding in her skull, and remains in a coma.

(Mainichi Japan) May 17, 2008