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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 12:47 AM Jun 2016

Boy missing after parents left him in a forest has been found, Japanese police say

Source: LA Times

mall boy whose disappearance in northern Japan engrossed the nation for six days and launched a discussion about what constitutes child abuse has been found unhurt, authorities said.

His parents had let him out of their car on the side of a mountain road Saturday night and drove away to punish him for having thrown rocks at cars earlier that day, according to national media accounts. They reportedly returned five minutes later to find that he was gone.

The state broadcaster NHK reported Friday morning that a search party found the boy, 7-year-old Yamato Tanooka, uninjured in the town of Shikabecho, about four miles from where he had been left on the island of Hokkaido. Police confirmed that he was found.

The boy told the police that soon after being abandoned he found shelter in a hut that was part of a national defense force training facility, according to the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-boy-missing-japan-forest-found-20160602-snap-story.html

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Boy missing after parents left him in a forest has been found, Japanese police say (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Jun 2016 OP
Gamera helped in the search Gomez163 Jun 2016 #1
Of course! catchnrelease Jun 2016 #2
lol... Thank goodness this story ended well for the little guy. montana_hazeleyes Jun 2016 #3
Might explain why he throws rocks at cars. CentralMass Jun 2016 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author NobodyHere Jun 2016 #8
Mothra Mendocino Jun 2016 #19
Happy to learn of a good outcome for saltpoint Jun 2016 #4
Gamera is a friend to all children... MrScorpio Jun 2016 #6
I can't wait for the new MST3k episodes NobodyHere Jun 2016 #9
WHEN!?!?!?! Oh, please tell me this is for real! I grew up was MSTie! Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #14
I think they're suppose to release in the fall or late summer. NobodyHere Jun 2016 #15
I am in Asia. I know what I am torrenting when they come out! Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #16
It's monster movie week on DU! dinkytron Jun 2016 #17
Yay Liberal_in_LA Jun 2016 #7
Thank goodness! Ash_F Jun 2016 #10
Confused about why this has been posted multiple times nilram Jun 2016 #11
It's an update shanti Jun 2016 #12
Thank you, I sit corrected. nilram Jun 2016 #13
There are a couple of "punishment" stories in the article.. you won't believe your eyes. secondwind Jun 2016 #18

Response to Gomez163 (Reply #1)

 

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
14. WHEN!?!?!?! Oh, please tell me this is for real! I grew up was MSTie!
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 03:53 AM
Jun 2016

Never missed an episode on Saturday night as a kid.

 

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
16. I am in Asia. I know what I am torrenting when they come out!
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 03:58 AM
Jun 2016

Woo hoo! My favorite show as a kid is back!

nilram

(2,886 posts)
11. Confused about why this has been posted multiple times
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 03:07 AM
Jun 2016

including by this OP. Hardly LBN since it was first reported on May 30. Best wishes to all involved, including the OP.

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