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Berlin Trial Opens for 25-Year-Old Accused of Suffocating Newborn

The defendant is expected to address the court at the next hearing on January 13.

Overview

  • Prosecutors allege the baby was born in a Rudow apartment between May 8 and the morning of May 9, 2025, and was suffocated shortly after.
  • A police officer discovered the infant’s body in a bundle on May 11 in Gropiusstadt at Kölner Damm and Berliner Mauerweg.
  • According to the indictment, both parents did not want the child, with the alleged father wishing the baby be “weggemacht.”
  • DNA testing led investigators to the alleged father, prompting DNA sampling and a search of his apartment before the accused later surrendered.
  • Sumanpreet K. has been in pre-trial detention since May 24, 2025, and the court has set nine hearing dates for the case.