Name Unknown.
Died: April 9, 2014.
Age at death: 5 months.
Cause of death: Homicide (Suffocated).
Location: Connsbrook Avenue, East Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Details:
There was no objective evidence that this little boy was disabled, but his mother thought he would be disabled because her older son’s autism meant she had “passed on bad genes”. Sure that the baby boy would grow up to be disabled, she suffocated him.
References:
Belfast mum cries as she reveals why she killed her baby son
Police still questioning mum about bid to smother baby
Belfast Crown Court told details of mother’s admission to killing her child
Woman who killed her baby son is freed on probation
Mum who killed baby son freed on probation
Tears in court as details emerge of how Belfast mother killed five-month-old son
Autism Memorial 