Dad arrested for putting 1-year-old son in freezer (Fukuoka, Japan)

Unemployed dad BRUCE MEYER has been arrested on suspicion of putting his 1-year-old son in freezer and causing frostbite.

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Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

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FUKUOKA (Kyodo) A 40-year-old American man was arrested Monday on suspicion of putting his 1-year-old son in a freezer and causing frostbite, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police said.

Bruce Meyer, who is unemployed, has denied the allegation, the police said.

According to the investigators, Meyer is suspected of putting the boy, who is 82 cm tall, in a freezer measuring 85 cm by 63 cm by 56 cm in the dining room of his house in the city of Fukuoka on Aug. 4, causing frostbite to his head and legs that required two weeks to heal.

Meyer lives with a 39-year-old Japanese woman, her 13-year-old son and the 1-year-old, who was born between the couple, the police said.

The incident came to light after the woman made an emergency call at around 7 p.m. Aug. 4, saying Meyer was drunk and would not let the baby free.