Thiruvananthapuram: Police in the state capital arrested Julie, a resident of Anchuthengu, on Friday on charges of murder. She is accused of smothering her newborn to death and burying the body. Reports confirmed the woman confessed to the crime.
The woman reportedly suffocated the baby to death and buried the body behind the toilet soon after the baby was delivered on July 15.
Police launched a probe over the newborn's death after finding the body on a beach. The infant's body was found severed thought to be mauled by stray dogs.
Police suspected Julie's involvement in the case as a medical examination confirmed that she recently gave birth to a child.
During the interrogation, Julie told the police that the child was born dead. But scientific examination confirmed that the infant suffocated to death.
The accused who is a widow, and mother of a 15-year-old boy, killed her newborn child in an attempt to hide her pregnancy.
