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59-day-old baby boy suffocated to death, his father was investigated by the police

2024-09-06

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recently, ms. yang from xiangyang, hubei told red star news that her son, who was less than two months old, died of suffocation in bed while being cared for by her husband alone.

in mid-july, xiangyang police conducted an appraisal of the cause of death of ms. yang's son and concluded that he died of "positional mechanical asphyxia." on august 7, xiangyang police decided to file an investigation into the manslaughter of ms. yang's husband.

tragedy:

the son suffocated to death half a month after being taken away

on september 6, ms. yang told red star news that she is 37 years old and her husband shu is 47 years old. in early 2023, the two met on a blind date and later began to date on and off. at the end of august that year, ms. yang found out that she was pregnant.

ms. yang said that during her pregnancy, shu repeatedly expressed the idea that she did not want to have a child, "but i was determined to give birth to the child." in this regard, shu told red star news, "i told her that i might not consider having a child at my age. when i learned that she was pregnant at the end of september last year, we had not been in touch for a long time."

at the end of december 2023, the two received their marriage certificate. on may 15 this year, ms. yang gave birth to a son, shu mouyang, in xiangyang, and then stayed in a local confinement center.

ms. yang claimed that during her stay at the confinement center, shu and his family treated her with cold violence and “ignored me and my child.” however, shu denied the above statement to red star news and said that ms. yang “may have postpartum depression.” on june 29, after ms. yang left the confinement center for recuperation, shu took her son back to his parents’ home.

at about 7 a.m. on july 13, ms. yang received a call from shu and was told that her son was dead. "when i rushed to the hospital, i found that the child was already cold and had a large area of ​​corpse spots on his face," ms. yang said.

the "current medical history" of the outpatient medical record issued by the xiangyang central hospital and the affiliated hospital of hubei university of arts and sciences at 6:59 on july 13 showed that "more than half an hour ago, the family found the child face down buried deep in the pillow on the bed at home. he did not respond when they called him. when they picked him up, they found that his face was cyanotic." they immediately contacted 120 and sent the child to the pediatric emergency room of the hospital.

police:

an investigation was filed into the case of shu's negligent homicide

suspecting that her son was abused to death by shu at home, ms. yang called the police at around 8 a.m. on july 13 about her son's death.

the "receipt of police report" issued by the tanxi police station of the xiangcheng district branch of the xiangyang public security bureau shows that the police learned that at around 22:00 on july 12, shu put a pillow next to shu yang after coaxing him to sleep, fearing that he would fall off the bed, and slept on the other side. at around 6:00 a.m. on the 13th, shu got up and found that shu yang's head was under the pillow. after removing the pillow, he found that his face was blue and he was not breathing. shu called 120 and sent shu yang to the central hospital for emergency treatment. at around 7:00, the doctor who treated shu told shu that the rescue was ineffective and shu yang had died.

the "receipt of receiving the alarm call" stated that after the police received the call and arrived at the scene, they contacted the forensic doctor of the criminal investigation brigade of the branch to conduct a preliminary autopsy on the scene, and determined that shu mouyang died of suffocation, with no external injuries on the surface, and ruled out the possibility of a criminal case.

on july 16, the tanxi police station of the xiangcheng district branch of the xiangyang public security bureau commissioned the xiangyang huichi judicial appraisal center to conduct an appraisal of the cause of death of shu mouyang.

the "forensic appraisal opinion" issued by xiangyang huichi forensic appraisal center on august 1 analyzed that according to the forensic autopsy and the case, the person being appraised should have had his head and face tilted to the right for a long time, which led to poor breathing. in addition, the person being appraised was a 59-day-old baby, which could have caused positional mechanical asphyxia, which was not discovered until death and the formation of livor mortis. the appraisal opinion was: death was consistent with positional mechanical asphyxia.

a "notice of case filing" obtained by a red star news reporter shows that on august 7, the xiangcheng district branch of the xiangyang municipal public security bureau decided to initiate an investigation into shu's case of manslaughter.

on the afternoon of september 6, shu confirmed to red star news that he was indeed under investigation by the police for "negligent homicide" and said that he had completed the bail procedures.

red star news reporter hu xianhe