A 39-year-old mother in Kobe was arrested Sunday for allegedly trying to strangle her 5-month-old son, who was confirmed dead after being taken to hospital, police said.
Yoriko Sugino, a flight attendant, was initially suspected of attempted murder but police changed the charge to murder due to the baby's death. Police said the woman told investigators that she had become fed up with child-rearing.
After telling her mother around 10 a.m. that she squeezed the baby's neck and he was not breathing, Sugino, encouraged by her mother, called an ambulance, police said. (Japan Times)
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