She Left All her Children Alone for 9 months

During that time two were dead and all were malnourished

S.A. Ozbourne
12 min readJul 19, 2022
Scene from the movie “Nobody Knows” based on this true story (Source: filmlinc.org)

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This story, though bizarre, is unfortunately not unique. There have been many instances of children being abandoned, abused, left alone, and left to fend for themselves. With dysfunctional families, poverty, and lack of support or checks, many children are abused and ignored by parents and left to suffer.

In this true story that was later turned into a popular movie, a Japanese mother decided to leave all her children at home while living with her boyfriend. What makes the matter worse is that all the children were never registered so had no official record in the Japanese system, and were fathered by different men.

Without a father, schooling, friends, or any adults around, the children were left with just a small amount of money the mother sent. When the police finally entered the apartment, they found a decomposed bodies of a child hidden in suitcases and three malnourished children. One other child was…

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S.A. Ozbourne
S.A. Ozbourne

Written by S.A. Ozbourne

Canadian in Japan. Teacher, Crime writer, video editor, and pet lover. Follow my journey via my monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/team-ozsome-subscribe

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