Missing 7-year-old boy left in mountains by parents as punishment
The parents of a seven-year-old Japanese boy missing in the mountains confessed on Sunday they had left him as a punishment and he did not get lost during a hike as first claimed, police said.
More than 150 rescuers and police officers were searching for a second day on Mt Komagatake in Nanae, Hokkaido, after Yamato Tanooka went missing on Saturday, a police spokesman said.
His parents originally told police Yamato got lost while the family were out walking in the area, a habitat of bears, to pick wild vegetables.
I really hope this doesn't turn out like I think it will.