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TRAGIC! Boy (10) spends DAYS with dead mother… thinking she’s asleep

The boy prepared himself for school, bathed, ate – then came home to sleep next to his mother unaware she had suffered a fatal fall

Tshwane body

A stock photo of a dead body with its hand out. Photo: Pixabay

A 10-year-old boy spent as much as four days at home with his dead mother, thinking she was just resting.

This heart-wrenching is reported in Tirupati City, India. According to various international reports, the boy went about his business every day, preparing himself for school, bathing, eating – and then coming home to sleep next to her in bed, unaware that she had suffered a fatal fall, Times of India reports.

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HOW DID THE WOMAN’S DEATH COME TO LIGHT?

It was on Saturday that the boy called his uncle to ask him about a bad odour coming from his mother’s body. The woman, 41-year-old Rajya Lakshmi, was a teacher at a private school and had been living with her son in a small flat she had rented.

Lakshmi had recently completed her PhD from Karnataka and was set to go and officially receive it, the day after her passing. She had apparently informed her brother, who found her dead, about her travel plans. Lakshmi had complained to him about suffering from headaches and had planned on visiting a doctor upon her return.

The uncle is reported to have told authorities that the boy is mentally challenged and doesn’t socialise as much.

Lakshmi is reported to have suffered a head injury after falling off her bed on 9 March 2022. The boy ate snacks stored at home and regularly attended school. When neighbours asked about his mother, he told them that she was resting.

A preliminary post-mortem report however, found no external or internal injuries were found on the body. But the doctors who performed the post-mortem, confirmed that her death was natural.

In April 2021, a baby boy was found next to the body of his mother who had been dead for two days inside their home. It was a landlord who called police after noticing a smell coming from their apartment. When they broke into the home, they found the 18-month-old child alongside his mother.

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