Police acting on a tip from a child welfare center arrested a man and a woman from Osaka's Higashisumiyoshi Ward after they allegedly placed the dead body of the woman's 1-year-old son inside a cooler in a car trunk.
Osaka Prefectural Police said they arrested Rena Suzuki, 24, and Yuta Oshima, 22, who lives with Suzuki, Tuesday on initial suspicion of abandoning the body of Suzuki's son, Ryusei.
The toddler was found the same day in Suzuki's car, which was parked in a lot in Osaka's Sumiyoshi Ward. The two were sent to prosecutors Thursday.