After the death of a three-year-old girl in Berlin, the 42-year-old mother has been arrested – she is now to be temporarily placed in a psychiatric facility. The public prosecutor’s office believes that the woman is probably not criminally responsible due to a serious mental illness, said a spokesman for the authority. The public prosecutor’s office is requesting that the mother be temporarily placed in a psychiatric facility, said the spokesman. The German woman is being investigated for a suspected homicide.
Loud noises heard from apartment
Residents of an apartment building on Päwesiner Weg in Spandau called the police on Saturday at around 3:50 a.m. They had heard loud noises coming from the apartment on the ground floor and observed objects being thrown outside. Police officers then forced their way into the rooms. They found the child there lifeless in the presence of its mother, according to the statement on Saturday. It was a girl, the spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office announced today.
Resuscitation of the child unsuccessful
The police officers immediately began resuscitation of the child. The doctor who was called continued this – unsuccessfully. Based on the situation in which the child was found, the investigators assume that it was a homicide. The 42-year-old is considered a strong suspect, they said. An autopsy of the child’s body has been ordered. The investigation into the cause of death will take some time, however, as the spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office said.
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