A Turkish Mother Admitted To Injecting Her Baby With Bleach
AsiawireEylul Miray, daughter of Elif K.
In one of the most horrific crime news stories of the year, a mother admitted to torturing her infant for almost a year and a half.
Elif K. from Istanbul admitted to police in February that she had been injecting her baby with bleach and liquid soap. Even more horrifying, her husband had taken the baby to a doctor on several occasions and still the abuse went unnoticed.
On two occasions the child had ended up in the hospital after her father’s intervention. However, Elif continued to abuse her daughter even in the hospital.
“When she was at the hospital, I injected the liquid soap from the hospital into her veins,” Elif K. later openly told prosecutors. “I also injected bleach at home into her veins.”
During the most recent visit to the hospital, doctors noticed that the baby had a fractured skull and scratches all over her skin. Though a police investigation was launched and Elif was suspected, she was ultimately released.
It wasn’t until Elif turned herself in 18 months after beginning the abuse that police realized the full extent of the mother’s torture.
“Since she was one-month-old I injected bleach and liquid soap into her ears, nose and belly button until she started bleeding,” Elif K. told prosecutors.
“Then I took her to the hospital for treatment. When they let her back home, I continued torturing her. I was injecting her with bleach and soap as well as cutting her with a razor in her head, eyes, legs, arms, and chest.”
According to prosecutors, Elif’s reasoning was simple: “I couldn’t love my daughter,” she told them. “I couldn’t warm towards her. I decided to torture her.”
Fortunately, the child has since been removed from her torturers and is recovering quickly. Elif has been arrested and is in prison.
