Rape Victim Keeps Unwanted Baby In Closet For 6 Months

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Story By: Feza Uzay, Sub-Editor: Marija Stojkoska, Agency:  Newsflash

A rape victim has reportedly kept her unwanted baby girl in a closet for six months and the infant could have starved to death if her teenage brother had not secretly fed her.

The shocking incident was reported in the Russian region of Ural between the East European and West Siberian plains.

According to national news source Life, Yulia Zykova, 37, gave birth to baby Polina at her home in secret and kept her in a closet.

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Zykova’s oldest child Matvey, 13, reportedly fed the baby in secret so that she would not starve to death, but never breathed a word to anybody about what was happening.

Matvey believed the child belonged to one of his mother’s friends and was shocked when the police told him it was his own sister.

After seeing the baby in the closet, Zykova’s three-year-old daughter Lera reportedly told everybody at her nursery school that a living doll called Polina lived in her closet at home, although nobody thought anything of it at the time.

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Polina was on the brink of starvation when a friend of Zykova’s, Olesya, came to visit and heard strange noises coming from the cupboard.

Olesya found the baby girl in a deplorable state and challenged her friend, who she said was drunk and refused to explain, according to Life.

Olesya called the emergency services who took the baby to a local children’s clinic, but as her condition was so severe she was taken by helicopter to a hospital in the city of Yekaterinburg.

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A criminal investigation has been initiated against Zykova, who reportedly told police that her estranged husband had raped her and she did not want the baby, adding that she did not keep her in the closet all the time.

Polina has gained weight and is now in a stable condition. The tot has since been discharged from hospital and transferred to an orphanage.

A hospital source said: “The girl is in a stable condition and has been transferred to the orphanage. She weighs 6.5 kilogrammes at the moment.”

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The investigation continues.

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