A suspect was arrested Tuesday in a case where the body of an infant boy was found in a washing machine here last month, authorities said.
According to the Songjiang District People's Procuratorate, suspect Lei, 22, was arrested on suspicion of intentional homicide of her nephew, Xinhua reported.
Shanghai police Nov 24 received a report saying a four-month-old boy was missing from his home. The body of the boy was found in a washing machine in his own home Nov 27. Police confirmed that Lei was the major suspect.
Lei married in May 2012 and then gave birth to a baby girl. This July, her husband's sister-in-law, who lives in the same house, gave birth to a son.
Lei became psychologically imbalanced and transferred her anger to the four-month-old baby.
"I just wanted to let my anger out on her baby. I carried him into the washroom when I heard my father-in-law come home," said Lei's confession.
"In panic, I covered his mouth and nose with my hands and soon after, I found the baby was still. I felt I was such a cruel person."
