Maria David
A YOUNG mother who allegedly abandoned her newborn boy at Twinkle Kindergarten in Ondangwa said she just needed a place for her baby while she wrote her examination.
The baby was reportedly found abandoned in a Tassenberg box on Tuesday, covered with a cream baby receiver blanket and dressed in a pink sweater at Erf 1829.
Oshana’s Crime Investigation Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Frederick Ndjadila, said the suspect is a 19-year-old woman from the Okaku Constituency, and a learner at one of the schools in Ondangwa.
“The mother admitted that she was the one who left the child, hoping that people at the daycare would take care of him while she rushed to write her examination and return to find her child,” he said.
He added that the daycare neighbours, where the child was left, notified the police when they observed a schoolgirl wandering around the area.
Ndjadila indicated that the baby, who was found with two notes in the box reading, “Keep him, please. I am coming to get him in the evening,” and “Born on the 19th,” is currently receiving medical attention at Onandjokwe State Hospital.
He also mentioned that the suspect is admitted to the same hospital for medical care. Her parents were traced and are now with her.
Ndjadila said that the suspect has not yet been arrested, but a summons will be issued to secure her attendance in court.
