Woman (23) suffocates 3-month-old baby girl with blanket
The woman was arrested after handing herself over to the police.
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman, who has been charged with murder, appeared in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday, (Monday, 16 March).
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According to Pinetown Cluster communications officer, Capt Bongumusa Manqele, the woman handed herself over to the police after killing her three-month-old baby girl by suffocating her with a blanket.
“Police together with the woman proceeded to the scene at the Sub five area in KwaDabeka where the baby”s body was found wrapped with a blanket and a dummy in her mouth. The woman was arrested and charged with murder,” said Manqele.
The case was postponed until Monday, 23 March.
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