Adoptive parents suspected in 7-year-old’s murder

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AMMAN — A seven-year old boy died on Tuesday after succumbing to second-degree burns inflicted by his adoptive parents, who allegedly beat and poured boiling water over the child, according to an initial police report.اضافة اعلان

The police have referred the suspected Jordanian man and his wife to the prosecutor general on charges of premeditated murder, pending further investigation. The report said the husband is of dual nationality, one of which is Jordanian, while his wife is a foreigner. 

The authorities have yet to uncover the motive behind the child’s death and the alleged abuse he and his three siblings suffered, as the case report revealed that neither the children nor parents have previous records and that the family had moved to Jordan only a few years prior to the incident.   

A forensic doctor at Al-Bashir Hospital told Jordan News that the burns covered roughly 50 percent of the deceased child’s body.
The physician added that one of the boy’s siblings is currently recovering from a skull fracture, but is in “stable condition”, and has now been transferred from the intensive care unit into pediatric care.

He reported, however, that the child is suffering of trauma and recalled hearing him screaming his dead brother’s name while describing the events leading to his death.

The court has ordered the transfer of the three children to one of the Ministry of Social Development’s care centers.

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