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Mother under suspicion in infant son’s murder with forensic results expected in August

Thursday 11th 2024 on 21:15 in  
Finland

Police are still investigating the murder of an eight-month-old baby boy, with the main suspect being the child’s mother. The investigators are focused on determining the motive and method of the killing. The results of the forensic examinations are expected in August.

The infant was found dead on June 12th, and the 40-year-old mother is under suspicion. One of the main areas of investigation is the motive behind the act. The explanation given by the suspect has not been convincing, with authorities believing there might be more to it.

Currently, the investigation is in a waiting phase as the forensic test analysis and statements are being finalized. The investigation leader, Tuomas Lindholm, estimates that the results might be available in August. He also indicated that they have decided not to publicly disclose the method of the crime at this stage of the investigation.

The final statements of the forensic examination will also provide some certainty about the method used. Lindholm did not comment on how long the woman, born in 1983, had been planning and preparing for the suspected act. The precise time of the act will also be confirmed once the forensic examinations are completed.

The suspected woman was imprisoned on June 15th. The police have previously reported that the suspected homicide is believed to have occurred between June 10th and 11th. The mother herself called the emergency center a couple of days after the act on Wednesday, June 12th.

Neighbors have been questioned as part of the preliminary investigation and have reported “certain observations”. However, Lindholm did not disclose what these observations were. Residents who lived next to the mother and baby have previously reported that the baby was very tearful, raising questions in the neighborhood.

The police have not discovered any evidence that the mother was in contact with anyone else before she called the emergency center herself and asked for the police. The police also have not found any evidence to suspect social services or child protection authorities of any wrongdoing in relation to the case.

“She has not been excluded from the normal services offered to mothers and has been under the care of maternal health clinic services,” explains Lindholm.