20.11.2025 18:33
The murder case of a baby found in a trash container with its umbilical cord cut in Kocaeli in 2007 has been solved 18 years later. As a result of the investigations, the baby's mother was identified as the perpetrator of the crime. The woman, who confessed to her crime, stated in her testimony, "I didn't tell anyone I was pregnant. That day, when I went to the bathroom, I started bleeding, and the baby fell there. When I picked it up, it was not alive."
On May 27, 2007, the body of a baby, killed with an umbilical cord and thrown into a trash container, was found in the Yahyakaptan neighborhood of İzmit, Kocaeli.
MOTHER OF THE KILLER REVEALED
As part of the efforts to illuminate unsolved cases, it was determined that the perpetrator of the incident was the baby's mother, E.N.Ö. Teams from the Homicide Bureau of the Kocaeli Police Department captured the suspect during an operation conducted in Sapanca, Sakarya, on November 18.
SENT TO PRISON
The captured suspect was referred to the courthouse after DNA matching procedures conducted at the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institution. E.N.Ö. was arrested by the judicial authorities to which she was referred and sent to prison. It was learned that the suspect's identity was determined based on fingerprint evidence found at the crime scene 18 years ago.
CHILLING CONFESSION
It was reported that the woman who confessed to the incident said, "I was drinking a lot of alcohol at that time. I was living alone and had multiple boyfriends. I don't know which relationship I got pregnant from due to the effects of alcohol. I didn't tell anyone I was pregnant. That day, when I went to the bathroom, I started bleeding, and the baby fell there. When I held it in my arms, it was not alive. I was very scared. I put the baby in a suitcase and threw it in the trash. I have been living with the burden of this for years."