In the Polish town of Lubawa a neighbor of a married woman
identified by the police as Lucyna D., alerted them that the pregnant woman had
given birth yet suspiciously there was so sign of a baby. On April 9, 2013
police searched the woman’s home and in her freezer they found the corpses of
three newborns. The Lucyna and Janusz D. couple, who had four living children
aged between 6 and 22, were arrested. Relatives took charge of the children
living in the D. household. Lucyna promptly confessed that they were her own
offspring and stated that she kept the dead bodies because she "could not
part from them." She told them she was relieved that the matter had come
to light.
Autopsies revealed that all three had been born alive.
Infants born in 2009 and 2010 were murdered by pushing the child’s underwear
down the throat. The one born in 2013 was killed by wrapping a plastic bag
around the face.
Both parents were employed and examiners ruled that the
family was “not pathological.” The husband was questioned and released. He was
not charged in the killings, but was later charged with spouse abuse and
convicted.
Sep. 18, 2014 the District Court in Elblag Lucyna D. was
sentenced to 25 years in prison. The sentence was appealed and on December 10,
2015 was reduced to 15 years. The living children are in the care of their
grandmother.
[Robert St. Estephe]
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2009 – deceased child #1
2010 – deceased child #2
2013 – deceased child #3
April 9, 2013 – police search and arrest.
Sep. 18, 2014 – “25 years in prison in Elblag District Court
sentenced a 41-year-old Lucyna D. charged with the murder of three newborns.”
Dec. 10, 2015 – “The District
Court in Elblag second time sentenced Lucyna D. in the death of three of her
children, whose bodies were found in a home freezer. This time she heard
sentenced to 15 years in prison.”
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[“Hisham Bin Mustafa, “Mother
suspected of killing 3 newborns in Poland, Priyo News, Apr. 11, 2013]
[AP, “Lucyna D. Allegedly Murdered 3 Infants, Kept Bodies In
Freezer In Poland,” Huffington Post, Apr. 10, 2013]
[“Freezer case: Mother confesses to killing three babies,”
Polskie Radio DLA Zagranicy, Apr. 11, 2013]
[“Dusiła dzieci i chowała w zamrażarce. 25 lat więzienia dla
Lucyny D. z Lubawy “ (“She is choking children and hid in the freezer. She is
choking children and hiding them in the freezer.”), tvn24 (Poland), Sep. 18,
2014]
[“Sąd zmniejszył karę dla matki trzech noworodków
znalezionych w zamrażarce,” (“The court has reduced the sentence for the mother
of three infants found in the freezer”), tvn24 (Poland), Dec. 10, 2015]
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