A Chinese woman who suffered a miscarriage has been arrested for
allegedly stealing another mother’s child in order to conceal the truth
of her loss from her family.
According to People’s Daily Online,
the Suspect, who is known as Zhao Juan, dressed up as a nurse on August
23 and took a new-born boy to pass off as her own from a hospital in
eastern China’s Hongze county.
She was apprehended by the police when she was faking childbirth in the same hospital on the same day.
Zhao suffered a miscarriage during the first three months of her
pregnancy, which is reported to have been caused by her own
carelessness.Heart-broken Ms Zhao decided to fake the rest of her
pregnancy.
She did not wish to break the news to her family because
she wanted to keep enjoying the extra love and care she had received
when she was pregnant.
When her due date drew nearer, Ms Zhao
hatched a plan to fake childbirth.In the early hours of August 23, Ms
Zhao went to the Hongze Chinese Hospital of Herbal Medicine and stole a
nurse outfit.
She then snuck into the maternity ward and snatched
a newborn son from a mother, who is known under the pseudonym of Wang
Li.Afterwards, Ms Zhao is thought to conceal the baby in a large white
handbag and left the hospital
When Ms Wang realised her son was missing, she and her family immediately called the police.
The
police reviewed the security footage and narrowed down the suspicion on
Ms Zhao who was seen entering the hospital in her own clothes but left
in a nurse outfit with a bulging bag.
After returning home, Ms
Zhao pretended to her family that she had just given birth and called an
ambulance.However, the ambulance took Ms Zhao to the very same hospital
from which she stole the baby from.
The police were already carrying out investigation at the hospital.
Since
Zhao did not show any physical signs of childbirth, and as hospital
staff were already looking for the child as well as the baby snatcher,
Ms Zhao’s arrival only speed up the investigation.
After a short
interrogation, Zhao confessed to the crime and was arrested by the
police.A paternity test was also conducted to confirm that the baby boy
did indeed belong to Ms Wang.
Mailonline
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