SINGAPORE – A 33-year-old woman who was found dead with her also dead baby by her HDB block in December 2023 had expressed fears that she was incapable of taking care of him. The investigating officer who handled the probe into the deaths of the woman and her child, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ang Yu Shen, told the court...
The police did not suspect any foul play in the deaths, and that the case is believed to be one of suicide-cum-infanticide.SINGAPORE – A 33-year-old woman who was found dead with her also dead baby by her HDB block in December 2023 had expressed fears that she was incapable of taking care of him.
He added that about a week before the woman died, she told her mother that she felt incapable of taking care of the boy. ASP Ang told the court that at the time of the incident, the woman was living with her husband and their son – their only child – who was born in November 2023. A maid and a confinement nanny were staying with them at the time.
A masseuse had gone to the home to give the mother a massage and left, while the maid had left the house to go to church.While the nanny knew there was still milk powder at home, she thought the woman wanted more in case she could not pump enough breast milk.Outside the unit, she saw a digital lock on the gate and rang the doorbell until the father woke up.
ASP Ang said that after the boy was born, the mother had told her husband that she felt stressed and overwhelmed taking care of the child.
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