Last week, when members of the ‘chiro’ of Kessel-Lo were cleaning their material pen, they did the nasty discovery of a baby corpse. The police investigated the case and on Tuesday November 11, a woman of 21-years old was arrested. She is a member of that youth movement. She confessed that she had been pregnant, but she didn’t tell anyone out of shame and fear. She denied that she was pregnant and at the day of the delivery, she gave birth to a daughter, totally alone in her own room.
She was going to tell her parents after the delivery, but unfortunately, the baby died. For the moment, the police is still investigating the case to find out whether it was murder or not. The examining magistrate suspected her of guilty neglect because she didn’t ask for any help before, meanwhile and after the delivery. On Friday 14 November, the Judges’ Council Chambers didn’t extend her arrest so she is free now. She needs to get professional psychological assistance. The father of the baby died.
This story is so shocking because the woman didn’t ask for any help. She even had no medical assistance at the time of the delivery. I can’t imagine how lonely this woman, this girl must be. Losing a child is always very sad, but when you have nobody who can help you to cope with it, you must feel yourself the loneliest person in the world. I don’t think she killed her baby, I think it was an avoidable accident. How can this happen in times like these? How can someone be pregnant without anyone knows about it? According to me, it’s a disaster where mother and child are the victims.
Source:
- Vader van achtergelaten baby Kessel-Lo is overleden. Internet, De Standaard, November 14 2008. (http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=DMF14112008_043&word=chiro)
- Moeder van babylijkje uit Kessel-Lo vrijdag voor raadkamer. Internet, De Standaard, November 13 2008. (http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=DMF13112008_050)
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Your right Bieke, for this girl, this must be a trauma for the rest of her life. This girl is our age, but honestly if it was me, I shouldn't know either what to do at a certain moment. But don't tell anyone and give birth to a child on my own and after that dump it somewhere. That would be the least of my mind. This also must be a shock for the friends of this girl and certainly for the ones that found the baby. This is a bad example. THere are a lot of teenmothers nowadays so it is not that unusual. There are enough places and people to go to when you are in one of those situations. Perhaps this is not known. This is a problem that should be taken on.
(by Greet Heyse)
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