Two babies die at the coast
The police apprehended two mothers as suspects involving the deaths of their two baby boys in separate incidents this weekend at the coast.
According to Iikuyu, Martha Nangombe, 28, was arrested in connection with her child's death after allegedly leaving her eight-month-old baby boy alone, locked up in her shack at Omuramba Street DRC suburb in Mondesa, and leaving for work. “She apparently placed the key where others could find it and left without informing or instructing anyone to take care of the child. Nangombe's sister and her friend arrived at the house at around 17:00 and found that the baby had died. A post mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death.”
She appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with culpable homicide and contravening certain provisions of the Children's Act of 1960. She was denied bail and the matter postponed to 25 July for further investigations and the post mortem to be conducted.
In the second incident, a concealment of birth and murder case was opened against a mother, 40, in Kuisebmond in Walvis Bay.
Erongo police's Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu said the suspect arrested in Kuisebmond had allegedly given birth to a healthy baby boy, placed the baby in a plastic bag and threw it into a rubbish bin where she resides at a house in Okombahe Street. “The lifeless child was discovered the next day, on 23 June, after the suspect went to the Walvis Bay State Hospital and complained of abdominal pain.”
Medical staff examination her and alerted the police which launched an investigation. The suspect subsequently admitted to hospital. She is in a stable condition and under police guard. A post mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of the baby's death and the investigation continues.”
The suspect is still hospitalised and is expected to appear in the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court today.
OTIS FINCK & ADOLF KAURE
According to Iikuyu, Martha Nangombe, 28, was arrested in connection with her child's death after allegedly leaving her eight-month-old baby boy alone, locked up in her shack at Omuramba Street DRC suburb in Mondesa, and leaving for work. “She apparently placed the key where others could find it and left without informing or instructing anyone to take care of the child. Nangombe's sister and her friend arrived at the house at around 17:00 and found that the baby had died. A post mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death.”
She appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with culpable homicide and contravening certain provisions of the Children's Act of 1960. She was denied bail and the matter postponed to 25 July for further investigations and the post mortem to be conducted.
In the second incident, a concealment of birth and murder case was opened against a mother, 40, in Kuisebmond in Walvis Bay.
Erongo police's Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu said the suspect arrested in Kuisebmond had allegedly given birth to a healthy baby boy, placed the baby in a plastic bag and threw it into a rubbish bin where she resides at a house in Okombahe Street. “The lifeless child was discovered the next day, on 23 June, after the suspect went to the Walvis Bay State Hospital and complained of abdominal pain.”
Medical staff examination her and alerted the police which launched an investigation. The suspect subsequently admitted to hospital. She is in a stable condition and under police guard. A post mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of the baby's death and the investigation continues.”
The suspect is still hospitalised and is expected to appear in the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court today.
OTIS FINCK & ADOLF KAURE
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