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Osaka burglar smothers newborn, ties up mother

OSAKA (Kyodo) A 2-week-old boy in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, was killed Wednesday night by a suspected burglar who sealed the baby's lips and nose with adhesive tape to stop him from crying, police said.
A tarp covers the crime scene Thursday where police continue to investigate a murder-burglary in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, in which a 2-week-old baby was killed. The burglar also tied up the baby's 22-year-old mother, Izumi Yamanaka, after he broke into her house and made away with about ¥50,000 in cash — which was a gift celebrating the birth of the baby, Reiya.
Yamanaka's 48-year-old mother found the two when she came home around 11:20 p.m. She called police and the baby was taken to a hospital, where it was pronounced dead, police said. Yamanaka went out to the entrance of the house when she heard the intercom ring around 6 p.m. She left the door unlocked after she found nobody there, and about 45 minutes later a man broke into the house, police said.
Police quoted Yamanaka as saying that the man — dressed in black and wearing a black knit cap, a white mask and white gloves — put the adhesive tape on the baby's lips after it started crying in its crib in the first floor living room.
The man also bound Yamanaka and tied her to a refrigerator with adhesive tape, police said in quoting her. He searched through the house for about 15 minutes and left. The man was about 170 cm tall, police quoted Yamanaka as saying. The baby's grandmother also told police she saw marks on the body suggesting the newborn was beaten.