Just six weeks after his birth, Elias died from a shocking trauma. Nearly five months after the baby’s death, the Salzburg public prosecutor’s office is now filing charges against the boy’s parents. The accusation is murder: the mother (20) is said to have shaken the boy seven to ten times on October 21 and hit him in the face. The father (25) would have allowed it.
Elias’ terrible death shook the country nearly five months ago. Now it is clear: the boy’s mother and father must appear before the jury on suspicion of murder. According to the indictment, on Oct. 21, the woman lifted her crying infant out of the crib and violently shook it seven to 10 times.
Then she allegedly slapped her son in the face. The father would have watched this closely from the bed. After shaking it, he is said to have said to his girlfriend: “Enough is enough now”. Then the two would have slept in. Around noon, the father noticed the child’s death and alerted the rescue services.
Baby was apparently shaken several times
However, murder is not the only accusation: according to the prosecutor’s office, the baby was tortured and injured several times before the day of death. According to the 14-page indictment, the unemployed and previously convicted mother had already used violence against her son since late September: she allegedly assaulted him physically, hit him with the palm of his hand and shook him, the prosecutor said. writes.
She allegedly cut off the child’s air supply until his face turned bluish. Forensic pathologists were able to determine this from older injuries. Therefore, both are also accused of persistent violence.
According to the lawsuit, the abuse caused physical symptoms in the child: Elias suffered from facial twitching and seizures. Corresponding searches of the suspect on the internet also point to this. A day before Elias’ death, the accused parents also had an appointment with the pediatrician, which they did not visit “out of fear”.
Overwhelmed mom has mental health issues
Even before the child was born, the couple lived together in a 21 square meter room in a Caritas house in Salzburg. The cramped space combined with the mother’s psychological problems and the parents’ excessive demands may have ultimately led to the horrific crime: The 20-year-old “hated” her son, according to the indictment.
She didn’t want a child let alone a son. According to the father, she would have refused to wash the baby and change his diapers. He, on the other hand, allowed the abuse and did nothing about it, according to the public prosecutor’s office. According to a neuropsychiatrist, the 20-year-old has “violent fantasies”, suffers from combined personality disorder and is considered dangerous.
If convicted, she therefore risks not only imprisonment, but also confinement in an institution. Until now, the woman had blamed her boyfriend, who also had a criminal record, and accused him of hitting her as well. But what the prosecutor’s office finds “not very credible”.
Kurt Jelinek, the father’s lawyer, denies the murder accusation on behalf of his client and refers to the first verdict of the regional court: Since initially only the accusation of non-assistance was in the room, the 25-year-old did not sit in custody. However, the Higher Regional Court intervened and since then both the mother and the father have been in prison on suspicion of murder.
Source: Krone
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