Grandma arrested in Japan after two-year-old boy left in car for nine hours dies

A two-year-old boy who was left in a car for at least nine hours in Japan’s hot weather has died in Tsuyama City.

His grandmother, Setsuko Shibata, 53, has been arrested on suspicion of negligent manslaughter, reported local media on Sunday.

The Asahi Shimbun on Sunday reported that Shibata told the police she had forgotten that her grandson was in the car. The Yomiuri Shimbun, citing the Japan Meteorological Agency, said the temperature in the city that day reached 31.7 deg C. However, after Shibata picked up Mese from her daughter’s home, she headed to the hospital instead, reported local media.Mese was unresponsive when Shibata found him.Shibata later asked a colleague to call for emergency assistance.The police believe the boy suffered a heatstroke as he had no noticeable external injuries, reported The Yomiuri Shimbun.Earlier in September, the Japan Meteorological Agency said the country experienced its hottest summer since records began in 1898.

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