Baby’s body badly mutilated by the impact of the fall.
A teenage girl threw out her newborn baby girl from the 13th floor of her family’s apartment unit in Bandar Baru, Air Itam, today.
The normal baby girl, who died from severe head injuries, was found at 8.18 am by residents who informed the police.
Northeast district police chief ACP Soffian Santong said the police were informed of the incident after residents stumbled upon the remains at the parking area on the fourth floor.
“When found, the baby was naked and not moving, believed to have died near the stairs to the parking lot on the fourth floor and they covered the body with a box,” he said here today.
Following a preliminary investigation, he said police succeeded in detecting and arresting an 18-year-old, believed to be the mother of the unfortunate baby, who lived on the 13th floor of the apartment to assist in investigations.
Soffian said the teenage girl, a college student, confessed to having an affair, had sexual intercourse with her boyfriend and got pregnant but kept it a secret from her family.
“The girl revealed that she had woken up at 6 am with a stomach-ache. While in the toilet she tried to pass motion but as she was straining the baby came out and fell into the toilet bowl. She heard the baby’s cries,” he said.
He said, in a state of panic, she wrapped her baby in a T-shirt she was wearing and threw her out through the back room window of the unit on the 13th floor.
Her parents are believed to have been at home at the time of the incident.
The baby’s mutilated remains were discovered by residents on their way to work.
The police also detained the girl’s 18-year-old boyfriend at his house in Jalan Penawar at about noon today.
“The body of the baby was sent to Penang Hospital for a post-mortem while the couple will be brought to court for a remand order tomorrow for further investigation,” he explained.
Soffian said the case is being investigated for murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
Meanwhile, a resident at the same apartment block, Ahmad Nizam Bakar, 46, said he knew about the incident after a call from his neighbour saying there was the body of a baby in a horrible condition below their units.
Ahmad, who is the secretary of the apartment’s residents’ association, said he went down to the fourth floor to check out the commotion and found the baby lying face-down on the ground.
“I then called the security guard to bring me some boxes to cover the baby, while another resident lodged a police report.
“From what we saw, the baby’s head was smashed, and her brain shattered. There were pieces of flesh on the wall,” he said.
Ahmad said he knew the girl’s parents, whom he said were very nice people, but seldom talked to her.
This is the second such case here in two months.
On May 13, a newborn was thrown out the window of a fourth-floor flat at Persiaran Mayang Pasir 5, hours after birth.
Miraculously, the baby girl survived when it landed on the roof of a unit below.
Her 18-year-old mother and her boyfriend were detained to assist in the investigation.