Teen couple in Gunma arrested for burying newborn baby in park

Police in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, have arrested a teenage couple on charges of burying the dead body of their newborn baby girl. According to police, the 16-year-old mother of the baby and the 17-year-old father placed the body of their newborn infant in a bag and buried it in a public park in Takasaki, Gumma Prefecture on Monday night, Fuji TV reported. The girl had given birth on the same night at the boy’s house, police said. The two have admitted to the charge of abandoning a body, police said, but as of present no details have been provided as to the cause of the baby’s death. Source: Japan Today Image: NNN Share this:TweetEmail

July 29, 2016

Police in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, have arrested a teenage couple on charges of burying the dead body of their newborn baby girl.

According to police, the 16-year-old mother of the baby and the 17-year-old father placed the body of their newborn infant in a bag and buried it in a public park in Takasaki, Gumma Prefecture on Monday night, Fuji TV reported.

The girl had given birth on the same night at the boy’s house, police said.

The two have admitted to the charge of abandoning a body, police said, but as of present no details have been provided as to the cause of the baby’s death.