24-year-old mother buries newborn baby alive in her backyard because 'she did not want her'
A 24-year-old woman has been arrested in Ukraine after she killed her newborn baby right after she gave birth to her. According to a report in Daily Mail, the young mother of one buried her child alive in the backyard and tried to fake a miscarriage when she was questioned by her sister.
The incident is said to have occurred in Lipetskoe, a village in Podilskyi District in southern Ukraine's Odessa Oblast region.
Police reportedly said the woman, who has not been name for legal reasons, delivered a healthy child at home weighing 9.2lbs and then proceeded to cover the child's head with a plastic bag. She allegedly did not want to see the face of the child. She then reportedly cut off the umbilical cord, wrapped the baby in a cloth and put her in another plastic bag; following which she buried the child, still alive, in her backyard.