Sanae Shimomura Left Her Two Toddlers Home Alone for 50 Days
The heartbreaking story of child abuse and murder.
Mothers are the ultimate protectors of their children. They are the nurturers, teachers, and safe havens for a child. With care, love, and guidance, mothers teach their children about life and how to be a person. Unfortunately, sometimes children who are expecting a mother to care for them and raise them, instead become victims of child abuse and neglect.
This story is about a young, single mother, with a not-so-happy childhood and upbringing who was taking care of her two children. Sakurako, her 3-year-old daughter, and Kaede, her 1-year-old son. Divorced, with no support from her parents or ex-husband, she was forced into sex work to provide for her children.
However, something went wrong. This 23-year-old woman went from a strong, single mother to a destructive monster who not only abandoned her two toddlers in her apartment for 50 days but methodically created an atmosphere where it would be impossible for the children to survive.
Why did she decide to end her children’s lives? How were they found? Did anyone report the incident? And why didn’t anyone around her or in the building where she lived do anything?
