The 32-year-old mother of Algerian origin, who was arrested Friday morning for the death of her 3-year-old daughter in Paleo Faliro, is expected to be brought before a prosecutor today, Sunday. Criminal charges were filed against the 32-year-old yesterday for premeditated murder in a calm mental state against a minor family member and domestic dangerous bodily harm against a family member who is unable to resist due to any cause. The case file has been forwarded to the prosecutor to issue an arrest warrant against the accused.
Paleo Faliro: Blood stains belong to 3-year-old girl
Yesterday it became known that the blood stains found in the apartment where she lived with her children in Kato Patisia belong to the 3-year-old girl. The stains were found in drawers between the bathroom and kitchen of the apartment where the mother lived with her minor children.
It should be noted that during her arrest, the 32-year-old claimed that the child hit the bathroom and then took the toddler and the other two children to the sea where she left her, despite realizing that the child’s body was still warm and her heart was beating. Shortly afterwards, she changed her story to the Coast Guard and attributed the final moments at sea to an accident, claiming the child slipped from her hands.
Critical questions remain unanswered
Meanwhile, very important questions remain unanswered regarding the time of the child’s death – whether she left the house while still alive, in a semi-unconscious state, or whether she was already dead when the 32-year-old transported her with a stroller to the beach and ultimately left her in the sea.
The 32-year-old – who had previously drawn authorities’ attention – claimed she didn’t take the unfortunate girl to the hospital because she was in the country illegally and because she had been arrested in the past for child neglect. Authorities believe this was not an “accident” that occurred in the home’s bathroom, but that the 32-year-old herself caused the fatal injuries to her child.
Forensic expert: “What the mother says doesn’t hold up scientifically”
Forensic pathologist Dimitris Galenderis told ERT: “The facial injuries have no connection to the mechanism of death. They’re not connected to drowning or to any disturbance of consciousness level described by the mother, because she says that (the child) lost consciousness after the bathroom incident and was then taken to the beach where I left her there.
You understand that these claims are not supported by forensic science and I think she needs to start telling the story as it really happened, because what she’s saying doesn’t hold up.” As he explained, “the injuries found on the skull occurred while alive, but are not connected to brain function disturbance,” so they don’t support the scenario of loss of consciousness from a bathroom fall.
“Water and sand were found in the lungs,” the forensic pathologist stated characteristically, emphasizing that “this alone indicates drowning, specifically on a beach, not in open sea.” The forensic pathologist also suggests a possible motive in the 32-year-old’s actions against her young daughter, due to a chronic liver condition the child was facing.
“There is a chronic pathological condition. But it remains to be determined what this condition was and what disorders the child displayed before dying, because this specific pathology could be connected to the motive for the homicide by this particular woman,” he added.
