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.