Woman arrested for murdering newborn child in Kantale

July 13, 2021 at 11:27 AM

A mother of three has been arrested for murdering her newborn child in Kantale yesterday.

The Police said the suspect is a 35-year-old woman who was residing alone with her three children.

Investigations have revealed that the husband of the woman was employed in the Middle East and had been overseas for the last four years. 

The woman is reported to have conceived after being involved in an illicit affair and had delivered the baby at her residence yesterday.

The Police said the suspect had thereafter killed the baby and had set fire to the body in an attempt to dispose of it. 

The woman has been arrested by the Kantale Police, while the Magisterial Inquiry and postmortem examination will be conducted today. (NewsWire)