{"id":1306514,"date":"2025-10-15T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/in-kharkiv-a-stepmother-beat-a-three-year-old-boy-to-death\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:44:11","slug":"in-kharkiv-a-stepmother-beat-a-three-year-old-boy-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/in-kharkiv-a-stepmother-beat-a-three-year-old-boy-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"In Kharkiv, a stepmother beat a three-year-old boy to death."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"347\"><strong data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"345\">In Kharkiv, law enforcement officials have issued a notice of suspicion to a 40-year-old woman who beat a three-year-old boy to death. A court has ordered her to be held in custody without bail.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\"> The Office of the Prosecutor General <a href=\"https:\/\/gp.gov.ua\/ua\/posts\/u-xarkovi-povidomleno-pro-pidozru-zinci-yaka-do-smerti-pobila-3-ricnogo-xlopcika-sud-uzyav-yiyi-pid-vartu-bez-prava-zastavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><u>reported<\/u><\/a> this.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"607\"> According to the investigation, after his mother&#8217;s death, the child lived with his father, his partner, and his daughter. The father worked almost 24\/7 at a rehabilitation center, so his stepmother provided care for the child.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"810\"> In early October, a conflict broke out between him and the child, during which the woman brutally beat the boy, punching and kicking him in the head and face. The child lost consciousness as a result of his injuries.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1007\"> To cover up the crime, the suspect called an ambulance and told paramedics that the boy had fallen in the bathroom. The child was hospitalized, but died a few days later without regaining consciousness.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1172\"> &#8220;On the day of the tragedy, neighbors heard screaming, crying, and cursing coming from the apartment. Medics confirmed that the injuries could not have been caused by a fall,&#8221; the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office noted.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1377\"> The woman was charged under Part 2 of Article 121 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine\u2014intentional grievous bodily harm resulting in the death of a minor. She faces up to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1377\"> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Kharkiv, law enforcement officials have issued a notice of suspicion to a 40-year-old woman who beat a three-year-old boy to death. A court has ordered her to be held in custody without bail. The Office of the Prosecutor General reported this. According to the investigation, after his mother&#8217;s death, the child lived with his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1306508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873,76875],"class_list":["post-1306514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1306514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1306508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}