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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Takenori Murakami, deputy chief of the Noshiro Police Station in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, speaks to reporters on June 4 after police began questioning a woman in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18.

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Police officers walk into the house of the parents of a woman in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture on June 4 in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. The police are questioning the woman on suspicion that she murdered the boy and abandoned his body, investigative sources said.

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Police investigators check a car at the house of the parents of a woman in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, on June 4 in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. The police are questioning the woman on suspicion that she murdered the boy and abandoned his body, investigative sources said.

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Relatives say farewell to murdered boy

AKITA, Japan - Relatives and friends watch a coffin carrying the body of Goken Yoneyama, a 7-year-old boy from Fujisato, Akita Prefecture, leave his home ahead of his funeral May 21. His body was found May 18 near the banks of a river.

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Elementary school boy found dead in Akita Pref.

AKITA, Japan - A villager looks on as policemen check the banks Yoneshiro River in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, where an elementary school boy was found dead on May 18. Police suspect foul play in the death of Goken Yoneyama, 7, of Fujisato town in the prefecture.

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Akita murder suspect says she dropped daughter into water

AKITA, Japan - Suzuka Hatakeyama (in file photo), suspected of killing a boy in her neighborhood in Fujisato, Akita Prefecture, in May, has told police she dropped her daughter from a bridge into a river in April before she was found drowned, investigative sources said. (Kyodo)

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Akita murder suspect says she dropped daughter into water

AKITA, Japan - Photo taken on July 14 shows the Osawa Bridge in Fujisato, Akita Prefecture, where Suzuka Hatakeyama, suspected of killing a boy in her neighborhood in May, has told police she had dropped her daughter into the river in April before she was found drowned. (Kyodo)

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Akita woman arrested over death of neighbor's boy

AKITA, Japan - Police arrest Suzuka Hatakeyama (photo), 33, on June 4 in connection with the death of Goken Yoneyama 7, who lived near her house in Fujisato, Akita Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Takenori Murakami, deputy chief of the Noshiro Police Station in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, speaks to reporters on June 4 after police began questioning a woman in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. (Kyodo)

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Police officers walk into the house of the parents of a woman in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture on June 4 in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. The police are questioning the woman on suspicion that she murdered the boy and abandoned his body, investigative sources said. (Kyodo)

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Police investigators check a car at the house of the parents of a woman in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, on June 4 in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. The police are questioning the woman on suspicion that she murdered the boy and abandoned his body, investigative sources said. (Kyodo)

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Relatives say farewell to murdered boy

AKITA, Japan - Relatives and friends watch a coffin carrying the body of Goken Yoneyama, a 7-year-old boy from Fujisato, Akita Prefecture, leave his home ahead of his funeral May 21. His body was found May 18 near the banks of a river. (Kyodo)

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Elementary school boy found dead in Akita Pref.

AKITA, Japan - A villager looks on as policemen check the banks Yoneshiro River in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, where an elementary school boy was found dead on May 18. Police suspect foul play in the death of Goken Yoneyama, 7, of Fujisato town in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Akita woman sentenced to life for killing daughter, boy

AKITA, Japan - The Akita District Court on March 19 sentences Suzuka Hatakeyama (file photo) to life in prison for killing her 9-year-old daughter Ayaka and Goken Yoneyama, a 7-year-old boy in her neighborhood in the town of Fujisato, Akita Prefecture, in 2006. Public prosecutors had demanded the death sentence. (Kyodo)