A New Hampshire man has been charged for allegedly turning on a clothes dryer after he put his infant daughter inside it on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
Michael Higgins, 34, faces raps of reckless conduct, endangering the welfare of a child, and criminal threatening, after he allegedly placed his infant daughter inside a clothes dryer and deliberately turned the machine on while the newborn was in it. Thankfully, the baby remained unhurt as the mother was able to quickly intervene and remove the infant from the dryer, CBS Boston reported.
Police officers responded to Kimball Street on Sunday, Sept. 12, after they were alerted of a domestic incident. When law enforcement reached the home, they found the man and the woman arguing, however, it did not appear that the confrontation got physical.
Higgins has been arrested and charged with reckless conduct, endangering the welfare of a child, and criminal threatening, Heather Hamel, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) spokesperson confirmed.
In a similar but unrelated incident, an Indian mother, identified as Sitamahalakshmi, has been accused of mercilessly killing her infant daughter by drowning her in a hospital bathroom sink in West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, because she was unhappy with having a baby girl.
The infant daughter reportedly fell ill and had to be taken to a private hospital in Eluru City by Sitamahalakshmi and her husband Harikrishna on Aug. 8. The doctors diagnosed the child as suffering from a sinus infection. The newborn was admitted and treated at the hospital and was discharged after three days, Latin Times reported.
After paying the medical bills, however, Sitamahalakshmi and Harikrishna reportedly looked around the health facility's premises and complained that their child had gone missing. The hospital management and the child's parents searched the center looking for the missing baby and finally located the infant dead in a hospital sink.
The parents then reportedly lodged a complaint at a police station against the hospital management for negligence and murder.
“During our investigation, we got a hint that Sitamahalakshmi could have murdered her infant daughter," a police officer said.
The mother was brought in for questioning and detained by police on Aug. 15. After the mother was interrogated, she reportedly admitted to authorities that she was unhappy giving birth to a girl child.
“She was hoping to have a son. She murdered the girl as she got angry after seeing her child suffering from illness,” the police officer explained.
Harikrishna, a farmer by profession, reportedly married Sitamahalakshmi six years ago.
“I was very happy when my wife gave birth to our daughter on July 30 this year. I am shocked to know that my wife killed our child,” the father said.
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