FUKUOKA (Kyodo) A 34-year-old woman under arrest for allegedly killing her 5-year-old daughter in Fukuoka Prefecture has told investigators she confined the girl in a washing machine and turned it on as a way of disciplining her, investigative sources said Wednesday.
The suspect, Junko Egashira, who was arrested June 30 on suspicion of strangling her daughter, Mone, at their home in Kurume on June 27, said she put her daughter in a washing machine three times in June after covering her mouth with adhesive tape and tying her hands and legs.
Egashira told the investigators she also taped the machine's lid so the girl couldn't get out, and left her in it for two or three hours. She also admitted that she ran the water inside the machine and set it to start spinning, although she may not have done so in all three cases, the sources said.
Fukuoka police suspect that Egashira's abusive behavior escalated and led to the murder.
Thought:
What in the world is the mother thinking? Running a kid in a washing machine is a way of disciplining her? Poor kid.
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