Mother in Albstadt after washing machine drama in custody: baby dead!

Mother in Albstadt after washing machine drama in custody: baby dead!

In a tragic turn, the district court of Hechingen issued an arrest warrant against a 35-year-old woman who is suspected of killing her newborn baby. The incidents occurred on March 29 in the common apartment of the woman and her partner in Albstadt, where she was secretly pregnant and gave birth to the child in the bathroom. According to Kleine Zeitung, the partner was unnoticed by the birth of the child.

Shockingly, the newborn was placed in the washing machine together with dirty laundry. The mother had apparently accepted that her partner did the washing machine, which brought the baby into acute danger. The partner switched on the machine without knowing that the baby was in it. During the washing process, the child suffered heavy trauma trauma and finally died of the consequences of brain edema, as an autopsy showed. Lack of oxygen could also have played a role in the baby's death. The indictment is now imminent, and the mother has not yet publicly commented on the allegations; It has been in custody since the crime.

former suspicions and mental health

A second, decisive investigation showed that the 35-year-old is not the only mother with a dark secret. A 27-year-old woman from a big ball in Saxony-Anhalt is also suspected of having killed her baby. Her partner discovered the dead baby in the washing machine, which led to the initiation of investigations. According to the Tagesspiegel, it is currently being checked whether the woman was also pregnant in 2007. There are indications that authorities and a pediatrician expressed suspicions regarding a possible pregnancy last year, but who abate the woman as a tumor.

On the subject of mental illnesses in connection with pregnancy and birth, it should be emphasized that physical and psychological transformation processes can take place in the period from pregnancy until the end of the first year after birth. According to the Bern University of Applied Sciences, about 20% of women in western industrialized countries are affected by mental illnesses during this phase. These perinatal mental illnesses can have serious consequences for the health of mother and child and are one of the main reasons for maternal mortality in industrialized countries, which underlines urgency to improve psychological support in the Perinatal period.

The current situation of these two women not only raises questions about individual mental health, but also shows the need to raise awareness of perinatal mental illnesses and to introduce adekvate support systems. It remains to be seen which further investigations and legal steps will follow in the coming months.