Izumi City 4-year-old child death case The relationship between assault and death[02/23 20:14]
In 2019, in Izumi City, Kagoshima Prefecture, a man who was dating his mother, who lived with him at the time, was arrested on the 22nd for assaulting a 4-year-old girl and then killing him in the bathroom.
After the incident, the man replied to MBC’s interview that “news only writes crap.”
Shun Hiwatari (24), a construction company in Myojin-cho, Izumi City, was arrested on suspicion of being fatally injured. It is suspected that he was killed in the bathroom by causing some kind of assault on his head, causing injuries such as subarachnoid hemorrhage.
It is a bathroom in another room of the same apartment as the site. It seems to be the same type as Rui-chan’s room, and the depth of the bathtub is regarding 50 cm.
At that time, Hiwatari said, “I was taking a bath together and was drowning when I noticed.” A scratch was found.
Hiwatari was arrested on suspicion of assaulting Ruri Ai-chan’s head the day before his death, but was subsequently released on hold.
About a year following the incident, MBC visited Hiwatari’s home in August and asked regarding the incident.
(Suspect Hiwatari) “I write only crap in the news. It was reported when I was caught. I don’t want to talk, I’m sorry to have you come here.”
(Reporter) Q. Doesn’t it mean that the child didn’t die from the assault?
(Suspect Hiwatari) “…”
In response to the reporter’s question, he did not mention the causal relationship between the assault and the death of Riai-chan.
The police continued to investigate for two and a half years. According to police officers, the police agency advised on the investigation and gathered the opinions of multiple doctors including anatomists, neurosurgeons, and emergency physicians from outside the prefecture. It was identified that it was due to the addition of the force of.
At that time, he concluded that the assault of Hiwatari led to the death of water because he was alone at home.
The police have not disclosed that the investigation will be hindered, and will send the identity of the suspect to the Kagoshima District Public Prosecutor’s Office on the 24th to investigate further.
