A resident of Vyazma was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for torturing children and the death of her daughter.
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- A court in the Smolensk region sentenced a resident of Vyazma to 5.5 years in prison for torturing two children and the death of her 12-year-old disabled daughter from hunger and lack of treatment.
- The woman did not provide food, water or medical care to the children, who lived in unsanitary conditions.
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Why It Matters
The woman lived in Vyazma and was responsible for the upbringing and maintenance of two minor children - a 12-year-old disabled daughter and a 15-year-old son. From March to July 2025, she left them alone in the apartment without providing food, water or medicine.
A resident of Vyazma was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for torturing children and the death of her 12-year-old daughter.
The woman was not involved in raising and maintaining her children, who lived in unsanitary conditions without normal food and water.
The court found the collected evidence sufficient and found the woman guilty under Articles 117, 156 and 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
BELGOROD, September 29 - RIA Novosti. The court sentenced a resident of Vyazma to 5.5 years in prison for torturing children and the death of her 12-year-old daughter, whom she starved and did not treat, reported the Investigative Directorate for the Smolensk region.
“A resident of Vyazma was found guilty of causing death by negligence, torture and failure to fulfill the duties of raising a minor... By a court verdict, the perpetrator was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years and six months to be served in a general regime correctional colony,” says a message on the department’s Telegram channel.
As the prosecutor's office of the Smolensk region reported on Tuesday in the channel on the Max platform, from March to July 2025, according to the court, the woman left two minor children - a 12-year-old disabled daughter and a 15-year-old son - alone in an apartment in Vyazma. She was not involved in their upbringing and maintenance: the children lived in unsanitary conditions, without normal food and water.
The mother did not care about their health, physical, mental and moral development and stopped giving her disabled daughter the necessary medications. As a result of prolonged starvation and failure to provide the necessary treatment, a 12-year-old girl died in the apartment, the prosecutor’s office emphasized.
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Initiation of administrative or criminal proceedings against officials responsible for monitoring the family
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Open Questions
- Have there been previous signs of domestic abuse?
- Did the family receive social support from the state?
- Who monitored the condition of the children from March to July 2025?
