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Dessau-Roßlau Court Sentences Wittenberg Woman to Nine Years in Newborn Twins' Deaths

Judges delivered a circumstantial-evidence verdict grounded in forensic findings that excluded other perpetrators.

Wegen der Tötung ihrer neugeborenen Zwillinge hat das Landgericht Dessau in Sachsen-Anhalt eine 30-Jährige zu neun Jahren Haft verurteilt. Sie hatte die Babys in Müllsäcke in eine Badewanne gelegt.

Overview

  • The 30-year-old was found guilty of intentionally killing her twin daughters after giving birth alone at home in November last year.
  • The court determined she placed the babies in garbage bags and into a bathtub, where they suffocated.
  • Autopsy results showed both infants were healthy at birth, had breathed, and lived for about 45 minutes.
  • Investigators reported no foreign DNA at the scene and no indications of third-party involvement.
  • Prosecutors had sought 11 years, the defense pleaded for acquittal, and it has announced an appeal, so the judgment is not yet final.