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Mother Charged With Murder in Balashikha Child Killing

Investigators opened a negligence case against local social services over missed interventions flagged before the boy’s death.

Overview

  • The Main Investigative Directorate for the Moscow region formally charged the woman under Part 2, Article 105 of the Russian Criminal Code.
  • During interrogation as an accused, she reaffirmed her confession and provided a detailed account of the events.
  • Investigators said they will petition the court on Tuesday to place the suspect in pretrial detention.
  • A separate criminal case under Article 293 targets district social development officials for failing to act to restrict or terminate her parental rights despite a diagnosed illness, specialist oversight and prior unlawful acts toward the child.
  • The probe connects a decapitated boy found in a Balashikha apartment with a body fragment discovered in a backpack in Moscow’s Golyanovsky pond, and authorities continue to establish all circumstances.