The National Police arrested a young woman in Mahón (Menorca) for let your newborn die. The arrest took place this Thursday, even though the events took place on September 10, when the body was found. of a newborn in a house inside a toilet.
The National Police Homicide Unit took charge of the investigation and took statements from the young woman and two people who were at the home at the time. No one knew about the pregnancy, any more than the young woman.. Investigators carried out a visual inspection of the house with agents of the Scientific Police, carrying out various procedures to fully clarify the facts.
An autopsy was performed on the baby and the results published by the Institute of Legal Medicine were awaited. In this context, a report was received indicating that The baby was born alive. The officers verified that once the delivery occurred, the woman did not carry out no measures to safeguard the integrity of the newborn.
In fact, the young woman did not take any action to help the baby directly, nor did she seek help from the rest of the residents, who could have intervened and who were not aware of what was happening.
The investigation made it possible to determine that the young woman would not have acted with minimum due diligence required to save the life of the newborn.
Once all the procedures were completed, as well as the reports from the Institute of Legal Medicine, the agents of the Homicide Group of the National Police of Palma moved to Granada, where the person subject to the investigation was located. investigation, arresting him as alleged perpetrator of murder.
