The drama surrounding Melek, who is only ten days old, is a much greater tragedy than previously suspected. According to current information, the girl was not the victim of childbed depression, but of honor killing.
Police officers, doctors, nurses and everyone who took part in the search for hours on Thursday are in shock and cannot come to terms with the baby’s death.
The baby was born much prematurely
Let’s reconstruct the first and last ten days of little Melek’s life: she was born much prematurely and had to be lovingly cared for by the hospital staff with all their strength.
The girl’s will to survive was so great that she was able to overcome the difficult start to life. But the tough fight did not lead to a happy ending. As reported, Melek disappeared from her crib in the premature birth ward at the Favoriten clinic on Thursday morning.
The theory of an unknown kidnapper was quickly dismissed – the investigation soon focused on her own mother. A native, 30-year-old Turkish woman. Stories of postpartum depression spread quickly.
Mother led officers to the trash
However, shortly afterwards there was a terrible suspicion: the baby had been thrown in the garbage bin. After a massive search, a terrible certainty emerged: the 30-year-old could no longer resist police interrogations and led investigators to a yellow plastic waste bin outside the hospital grounds. The investigators’ first assumption when they examined the body: Melek froze to death in the dark, icy garbage bin overnight.
The autopsy results revealed an even more terrible truth on Sunday morning. The girl was brutally beaten to death; she suffered a traumatic brain injury from multiple blunt force injuries.
Died because of “wounded honor”.
And it is now becoming increasingly clear that the baby did not die because of the mother’s depression, but because of the ‘hurt honor’ of the men within the Turkish family clan. Melek’s mother and father were not married and the child was apparently unwanted in the community.
Three big questions need to be answered:
1. Where is the crime scene? It is unlikely that the forensic team found any evidence of murder at the clinic. Could Melek have been murdered outside the clinic?
2. Where does the black plastic bag come from? The dead baby was wrapped in it. According to researchers, such bags are not used on hospital grounds.
3. Was it the mother alone? Detectives are also pursuing an accessory theory, even though the 30-year-old confessed to the murder. But still: is a family member involved in the terrible act?
Source: Krone
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