Twenty-year old Leah Andrews murdered her newborn son while on vacation on Crete. She is already the mother of two children ages one and two. Friends and family knew nothing of the pregnancy until days before she delivered. Leah was wearing a bikini and could no longer hide it. No one is sure why she chose to hide the pregnancy. (I may not be an expert, but maybe she was afraid of disappointing her family with another pregnancy. Or maybe she was in denial. But it does sound like her family is very supportive). Miss Andrews of South-east London gave birth in the apartment she was sharing with her sister and friends and then suffocated the 5lb 8oz baby boy. She then hid his body in a towel. The baby was discovered when her sister and friend returned the holiday apartment to find Leah bleeding heavily. At first she claimed that the baby was stillborn after she had been out drinking with friends, but the coroner has disproved that.
Dr Christos Melas, director of the at the Iraklio University State Hospital, says that she is under armed suicide watch.
Dr Melas said: 'She keeps asking to see the baby. She has asked doctors three or four times. That's all she wants. We ask her what she wants and all she says is "I just want my baby".
'She seems very confused and is in a state of shock. I am not sure whether she knows that the baby is dead or not.
'She is very distressed and depressed. There are concerns that she may harm herself so she is being watched constantly.'
She will be brought before the court in Heraklion when she is mentally stable. She could face up to twenty years in prison if convicted.Source
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