A baby bottle was shoved into his mouth and left to break a bone… The infant died of emaciation “due to his father’s ruthless brutality”.

Kanai was sent to prison in January last year. “I had many chances to take her to the hospital, but she kept refusing, fearing that she might be suspected of abuse. His thought of putting self-preservation first deserves severe condemnation.

The judge condemned the man’s behavior.

On October 24, the Saitama District Court (Judge Kazu Kitamura presiding) sentenced Hiroki Kanai, 31, an unemployed man from Misato Town, Saitama Prefecture, to 10 years in prison on charges of manslaughter and other crimes. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The defendant is alleged to have caused the debilitating death of his three-month-old daughter by failing to provide her with proper medical treatment.

The deceased was Kia, Kanai’s fourth daughter. It is believed that around August 2008, Kia became unable to suckle due to a fracture in her jaw and a wound in her mouth. As a result, she did not gain weight and was undernourished. Despite this, Kanai and his wife, Azusa (also charged with the same crime), conspired to neglect Kisora and not allow her to receive medical treatment.

“His body has turned pale.

The incident was discovered in September, one month after Kisora began to decline. Azusa said, “There is something wrong with the child. The child was immediately taken to the hospital. She was immediately transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The cause of Kisora’s death was a general functional disorder caused by a bacterial infection from a wound. Kisora’s jaw bone as well as her ribs were fractured, and blood was found in a baby bottle that was confiscated. These circumstances led to the arrest of the defendant couple in January of last year.

Kanai explained Kisora’s injuries as follows. He fell down while I was holding him outside. He was drinking milk badly and had put the bottle in his mouth strongly. She didn’t seem to be in any pain, so I didn’t take her to the hospital.

When the police proceeded to question him further, Kanai said, “There is no doubt that I caused the injury. I didn’t want to be caught for abuse, so I didn’t go to the hospital and left her as she was. Azusa said, “I thought I had to take her to the hospital, but my husband refused and I complied.

Kanai defendant’s family lived in Misato Town. The defendant Azusa had given birth to a child unmarried in 2003, and the town was involved as a family in need of assistance.

When a town official visited Kanai’s home to explain the childcare support system, he was angered, saying, “Do you think I’m an idiot? When town officials visited Kanai’s home to explain the childcare support system, they were outraged. Wary of the risk of abuse, the town had been sharing information with the Kumagaya Child Guidance Center (hereafter referred to as “Kodomo Sangyo”). However, when both defendants took Kisora to the health center in July 2008 to have her growth measured, she was in good health, so the town decided that there was no abuse,” said another national newspaper reporter.

In August of the same year, a neighbor reported that the children were crying noisily. In August of the same year, a neighbor reported that the children were crying noisily, and the town and the child welfare minister decided that if Kisora did not show up for the infant checkup in September, they would begin to ascertain the children’s condition.

In the end, Kisora did not come to the checkup. It is said that a relative visited Kanai’s house via the Child Welfare Minister to recommend that she go for a checkup, but there was no response.

It was only a few days later that the case was discovered. If help had arrived a little earlier, the precious life might have been spared.