ROSTOV-ON-DON, April 30 In Rostov-on-Don, a married couple suspected of murdering their young daughter was arrested, the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee reported in the Telegram channel.< br />«The Oktyabrsky District Court granted the investigator's petition to order a preventive measure in the form of detention against the spouses suspected of killing their child,» the statement says.
The couple was detained this afternoon. According to preliminary data, on Friday, while in their apartment in Rostov-on-Don, they «inflicted bodily injuries on their eight-month-old daughter», after which she died.
A source close to law enforcement agencies spoke about the details of the tragedy. «They (the spouses) dismembered the girl's body in a meat grinder, and put it in plastic bags and hid it in the freezer. Then they wanted to throw it away and report her missing,» the agency's source said.
He added that the child's mother had indeed reported her daughter missing to the police. According to her, some intruders entered the apartment, sedated her with gas, and when the couple woke up, they found that their daughter had been kidnapped. But the police did not believe in this version, and soon the law enforcement officers managed to find out what really happened. In the apartment of the suspects, the investigators seized knives, an electric meat grinder, a plastic container with bone remains and 13 plastic bags, which also contained the remains of a child.
As the suspects told the police, everything happened by accident, as a result of a family quarrel. The husband quarreled with his wife and wanted to kick her, but hit the head of an 8-month-old girl. At the moment, there is no official confirmation of this information.
Investigators opened a criminal case under the article «Murder of a minor or other person who is obviously in a helpless state for the guilty person, as well as associated with the kidnapping of a person.» The investigation was taken under control by the chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin and the prosecutor's office. /20230430/basseyn-1868814197.html» data-title=»A child drowned in the pool of a sports complex in the Saratov region»>