Police arrested a man Tuesday on suspicion of having caused injuries resulting in the death in September of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son, Ryutaro Yamada, in Tokyo.
Yuji Watanabe, 34, the partner of the boy’s mother who lived with them both, had said he found Yamada floating face-down in the bathtub after a short unsupervised period.
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