Coin-operated-locker babies

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Coin-operated-locker babies or coin-locker babies (Japanese: コインロッカーベイビー, romanized: koinrokkābeibī, lit. 'coin locker baby') are victims of child abuse that have occurred in Japan, in which infants are left in public lockers. There are two main variables that account for the differences in frequency and the type of these child abuse cases: social and economical. Predominantly affecting newborns and male babies, the murder of infants became a form of population control in Japan, being discovered 1–3 months after death, wrapped in plastic and appearing to have died of asphyxiation. The presumption is that such lockers are regularly checked by attendants and the infant will be found quickly; however, most are found dead. Between 1980 and 1990, there were 191 reported cases of infants which died in coin-operated lockers, which made up about 6 percent of all infanticides in the decade. Hydrostatic lung tests, stomach and bowel tests can be performed by medical examiners or forensic pathologists...

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