Russia: 32-Year-Old Woman Leaves Newborn on Ant Hill To Die, Arrested After Baby Found With Severe Ant Bites and Sunburn in Milenino
A 32-year-old woman in Russia has been arrested after abandoning her newborn baby on an ant hill, where the infant suffered severe ant bites and sunburn before being rescued by a passerby.
Milenino, August 2: A 32-year-old woman who abandoned her newborn baby on Ant Hill to die has been arrested. The woman, identified as Nadezhda Sorokina, a single mother of three from Fatezh, Kursk Oblast, reportedly left the day-old girl in Milenino on July 22, claiming financial inability to support a fourth child. The baby, covered in painful ant bites and severe sunburn, was discovered by Nikolai Pakhomov, who initially mistook her cries for those of kittens. Pakhomov quickly alerted emergency services, wrapping the infant in his T-shirt and rushing her to safety.
As reported by the Mirror, the distressing case came to light when Nikolai Pakhomov, out on a walk in Milenino, a small village in Russia, heard the voice of what he thought were kittens only to discover a baby crying in distress. Realising the gravity of the situation. He immediately contacted emergency services, wrapped the infant in his T-shirt, and transported her to an ambulance. The baby was found suffering from severe ant bites and sunburn but was otherwise in good health. Russia Shocker: 37-Year-Old Man Launches Frenzied Knife Attack on Ex-Wife Inside Changing Room in Moscow Shopping Center, Arrested.
After the medics took the baby to a nearby hospital, the local priest named her Maria Nikolaevna in honour of her rescuer. She was promptly placed in the care of local child services, and a married couple has already expressed interest in adopting her, as reported by the Mirror. The discovery and subsequent rescue have drawn significant attention, highlighting the dire circumstances surrounding the baby’s abandonment. Russia Horror: Mother Throws Newborn Child Into Red-Hot Kitchen Stove in Primorsky's Olenevod Village, Confesses to Killing Premature Baby.
As the investigation continued, local authorities arrested the baby's mother, 32-year-old Nadezhda Sorokina and charged her with attempted murder. Sorokina confessed to abandoning her daughter after giving birth on July 22, citing financial difficulties as the primary reason. She claimed she could not afford to support another child, leading to the tragic decision to leave the baby on the ant hill.
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