Grandmother changes testimony: 20-day-old baby died from being dropped

At the investigation agency, Ms. Pham Thi Xuan stated that the cause of the death of the 20-day-old baby in Bim Son Town (Thanh Hoa) was because she dropped it.

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A representative of the Investigation Agency, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police, informed that the initial identification of the suspect in the case is Ms. Pham Thi Xuan, 65 years old, residing in Thai Binh, the child's grandmother.

Based on the traces and results of the crime scene investigation, as well as the contradictions in Mrs. Xuan's testimony about two strangers kidnapping her grandchild, the provincial police determined that the kidnapping was fabricated by the child's grandmother.

Ms. Xuan changed her testimony from the kidnapping to the story of her dropping her grandchild, causing his death.

Ms. Xuan at the investigation agency

However, whether this was an intentional or unintentional act, the cause and motive leading to this act are being clarified by the investigating agency.

The representative of the investigation agency also said that the suspect's cause of the child's death has not been announced yet because this is a case with many complicated details and cannot be concluded immediately.

Previously, the Chief of Bim Son Town Police informed that after being detained, Ms. Xuan confessed that she went to a fortune teller and was told by the fortune teller that her niece was the "evil spirit" in the family, if her niece lived, she would die and vice versa.

Previously, on the evening of November 25, a child kidnapping occurred at the home of Mr. Le Huu Thuan and his wife in Quarter 1, Bac Son Ward, Bim Son Town. Two days later, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police reported that they had found the body of a little girl at a garbage dump in Dong Son Ward.

According to Vietnamnet