The woman in question, Atsuko Hayashi, a corporate employee, was apprehended by the Kanagawa police on Monday. She is suspected of having brutally slain her son, Rei, a fourth-grader at an elementary school. It is alleged that part of the act involved beating him at around 3:50 p.m. on Sunday, within the confines of their home. Hayashi has reportedly confessed to the charges.
The other two children were the couple’s daughters. Riko, 15 years old and in her third year of junior high school, and Mako, 13 years old and in her first year of junior high school. Both girls also bore the marks of head trauma.