Crime
Why I flogged my 3-yr-old granddaughter to death — Suspect
Udeogu Chinelo, a 37-yr-old woman, arrested by operatives of NAPTIP Anambra State command, has said the three-year-old she beat to death and dumped in a bush was her granddaughter
The spokesperson of NAPTIP in the state, Okafor Anthony, in a statement on Thursday, October 6, said: “While being questioned on the whereabout of the victim, she disclosed that the victim had died. The suspect led the operatives of NAPTIP to the scene where she disposed the body of the victim.
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On arriving the scene the victim’s decamposing body was found wrapped in a black nylon bag where the suspect dumped her in the bush around Hezekiah Dike Crescent Awka
Chinelo claimed she flogged the deceased some days ago & left marks on her body because she defecated in a bucket they used in having their bath at home
She added that the deceased is her grandchild born by her 19-year-old daughter. She said her daughter abandoned the baby with her shortly after she was born.
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