translated from Spanish: Young 19-year-old accused of killing his newborn baby in Argentina

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Argentina.-Atonella Soledad Godoy 19 years old, is in San Rafael jail for stabbing her baby, immediately after birth. The young woman gave birth in the bathroom of her house, without any of her family being aware of what was happening as she had hidden her pregnancy.
The event occurred in the early hours of Sunday, May 12th. On Saturday, the young woman was transferred to the penitentiary of the South Mendocino, after having received discharge in the hospital and to remain four days in the dungeon of the police station 46. Justice accuses her of “aggravated homicide by the bond,” a crime that provides for a perpetual sentence of imprisonment.
Alerted by Antonella’s cries after childbirth, her mother opened the bathroom door and found the injured baby. He wrapped it in a towel, called an ambulance and went up with him to the Argentinean nurses hospital, in the center of the southern municipality of Mendocino. The doctors managed to suture the wounds and, after stabilizing it, they derived it to intensive therapy of the Schestakow hospital, in San Rafael, to 90 kilometers. The baby, a male, survived 13 hours. He was again operated, but he died.
Antonella had finished the secondary school and was attending a technician at the headquarters of Alvear, of the Technological Institutes (ITU) that depend on the National University of Cuyo. It comes from a lower middle class family. He lived with his parents and siblings in the house.
“It is a very religious family, Christian,” according to the acquaintances of the Barrio San Carlos, located in the municipality of General Alvear, 290 kilometers south of the city of Mendoza. “For 20 days she didn’t show up anywhere, she was confined to her house and nobody knew she was pregnant,” her friends told her.
The fact that Antonella has hidden his pregnant family and friends has aroused suspicion that he may have been a victim of sexual abuse. However, prosecutor Ivana Verdum clarified to Clarín that “there is no imputation of sexual abuse at least at this time.” The young woman was moved on Saturday afternoon from a police station to the San Rafael prison and has not yet testified to justice. “Of course we are investigating all the circumstances that aggravate, as well, those that attenuate or diminish the criminal responsibility of the defendant to judge the case,” explained the head of the criminal investigation.
In Alvear there is a strong incidence of the pro-life groups and next to the neighboring municipality Malargüe, there is a strong resistance to the teaching of the Integral sex education in the public and private schools. Beyond this context, the Prosecutor has asked for psychological skills from the defendant to determine if there are signs of a mental illness or that pregnancy has been a sexual abuse.
“I love God,” Antonella wrote as a header phrase in his Facebook profile, months ago. In his postings in the social network, the young woman who turned 19 in February, was cheerful and in the company of his friends and small nephews. On May 10, two days before childbirth, he wrote on his wall: “Fear not. If God is with you, your victory is secure. ” In his last pictures, he doesn’t notice his advanced pregnancy.
“We’re all in shock, we don’t know what happened to Antonella, no answer. She never showed any bad gesture, anger, anger or anything, she was always quiet, humble, simple, “said a sister-in-law of the young woman detained at the portal InfoYa San Rafael.
 “His nephews always gave them love, loved the children, cared for them. I understand the thinking of people, not criticizing them, I know they will speak, judge and aim, but we only ask is respect for the family, “said Antonella’s family member.
 
Source: Clarín
 

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