Mother sent to prosecutors over deserted child's death by starvation

A mother was sent to prosecutors Thursday for allegedly letting her 3-year-old daughter starve to death last month, after leaving her alone at their Tokyo home so she could see her boyfriend hundreds of kilometers away.Saki Kakehashi has admitted leaving Noa at their apartment for eight days in early June while visiting her boyfriend in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, according to police.The 24-year-old was quoted by investigative sources as saying she barricaded Noa into the living room of their Ota Ward apartment with a sofa to stop her harming herself with knives and other item…READ FULL ARTICLE