POLICE at Oranjemund on Wednesday arrested Julia Shanyengana (27) on a charge of concealment of birth.
According to Inspector Bennie Groenewaldt, Shanyengana gave birth to a baby boy at the Namdeb Hospital on May 4. She was arrested after relatives informed the Police that she had given birth but brought no baby home.It is alleged that Shanyengana suffocated the baby after wrapping him up in blankets.She allegedly dumped his body in a rubbish bin.Groenewald said it is believed that a refuse-removal truck took the body to the town’s dumpsite but Police have not been able to recover it.He said officers have been digging at the dumpsite without success.She was arrested after relatives informed the Police that she had given birth but brought no baby home.It is alleged that Shanyengana suffocated the baby after wrapping him up in blankets.She allegedly dumped his body in a rubbish bin.Groenewald said it is believed that a refuse-removal truck took the body to the town’s dumpsite but Police have not been able to recover it.He said officers have been digging at the dumpsite without success.
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