Young mother strangles child to death for crying uncontrollably
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Young mother strangles child to death for crying uncontrollably

In a shocking and bizarre situation, a furious 20-year-old mother strangled her 18-month-old baby to death. This was after the mother failed after the mother failed to stop the child from crying.

 

The sad incident happened last Wednesday, 14 August 2024, at Zimdabule Village 4, Deli in Nyamandlovu. The woman named  Siphethebuhle Nkomo, has since been nabbed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).

On the fateful day, Siphethebuhle’s baby boy started crying uncontrollably. The young mother failed to figure out what made her baby cry intensely.

Siphethebuble lost her patience and, in an agitated fit of enraged fury, held her baby’s neck and choked him until he froze still and died.

The ZRP has since confirmed the heartless incident:

“On 14/08/24, police in Nyamandlovu, Lupane, arrested Siphethebuhle Nkomo (20) in connection with a case of murder in which she strangled to death her son (18 months) after failing to silence him while crying on 14/08/24 at Zimdabule Village 4, Deli, Nyamandlovu.”

 

People online expressed a lot of pain after the young mother killed her baby for crying uncontrollably. Some suggested that a lot of counseling was needful for these young mothers.

In her doctoral thesis, Janita Corina Mesu found that most women who kill their children suffer from mental health disorders and economic stress.