Co-wife of child’s mother confesses to kidnapping and murder of her namesake

Co-wife of child’s mother confesses to kidnapping and murder of her namesake
Co-wife of child’s mother confesses to kidnapping and murder of her namesake

Rivalry between co-wives sometimes leads to inexplicable extremes: arguments, fights… but rarely homicides involving the children of one or the other. This is what happened in Yeumbeul, where words failed the residents, stifled by anger after the confession of Amy Mb., aged 36. No one could suspect her of being the author of the disappearance of her namesake, an infant who was found dead at the bottom of a well in Tivaouane-Peulh, a town located very far from Yeumbeul. All of Yeumbeul remained speechless in the face of the revelation of the truth in this affair which, for 72 hours, kept the inhabitants of this suburban town in suspense, reports L’Observateur, taken up by Senenews.

How she took away her co-wife’s baby

A few years ago, the butcher Issa D., residing in Yeumbeul, married Amy Mb. After a few years of marriage, the butcher married a second woman named Sira Bobo B. He found separate accommodation for each of them, thus avoiding the often very tense cohabitation between co-wives in Senegal. Until then, the two wives lived apart from each other, receiving the husband in turns. The first wife is a trader, while the second is a housewife. 14 months ago, Sira Bobo B. gave birth to a daughter. The husband, not having looked far, decided to name the baby after his first wife, Amy Mb. The baptism brought together the families of the bridegroom and those of the two wives. The first wife, very happy, was full of praise for her co-wife. Since then, she visited him frequently and each time, hugged his namesake, seeming very happy. But what happened in the meantime? Have their relationships suddenly deteriorated? For the moment, no one knows. Still, on Sunday October 6, 2024, everything changed.

Come to pay a courtesy visit to his co-wife, Amy Mb. takes his namesake in his arms, cuddles her, carries her on his back, then takes advantage of a momentary absence of his co-wife, Sira Bobo B., to move away with the baby. To the other occupants of the house who question her with their looks, she explains that she is just going to the corner store with the baby to buy him some candy. Reassured, they continue their activities. It was early afternoon. But when, at the end of the day, Amy Mb. does not reappear with the baby, worry spreads to the family. His co-wife panics and alerts her husband, who starts the search and tries in vain to contact Amy Mb. The husband’s numerous calls go to voicemail.

Yeumbeul- police launch pursuit of kidnapper

Desperate and suspecting his first wife of planning something bad, the husband alerts the Yeumbeul police station, which immediately sets out to look for the kidnapper. Disappearance notices were issued and Commissioner Diamé Yaré Fall mobilized his teams to search all of Yeumbeul and the surrounding areas. It also alerts the country’s police stations and gendarmerie brigades. On Tuesday October 8, 2024, 48 hours after the baby’s disappearance, Amy Mb. is located in Kébémer by her husband. Informed of the presence of his first wife in Kébémer, he jumped into a vehicle and went there, where he surprised her alone, without the baby. Distraught, and faced with Amy Mb.’s procrastination, he takes her back to Yeumbeul and hands her over to the police. Faced with investigators, she gave a confused version of the facts, which did not convince the authorities.

In her testimony, Amy Mb. claims to have gone to the “Sunday” market in Pikine with the baby to buy him clothes, then to Malika beach where both fell asleep on the sand. When she woke up, she noticed the baby had disappeared. Panicked, she then went to Keur-Massar, where she spent the night before taking the road to Kébémer the next day. Despite his insistence, she maintained that the baby was still alive, but without providing proof or revealing his whereabouts.

The baby found dead at the bottom of a well in Tivaouane-Peulh

While she is still being questioned by the police, a twist occurs on the evening of Tuesday October 8, 2024. Commissioner Diamé Yaré Fall, who had issued disappearance notices, is informed by the Tivaouane-Peulh gendarmerie of the discovery of the lifeless body of a baby at the bottom of a well. Accompanied by the firefighters who recovered the body, the commissioner, accompanied by the husband, went to the site and discovered that it was indeed the body of little Amy D., aged 14 months.

While awaiting the results of the autopsy at the Idrissa Pouye hospital in Grand Yoff, Amy Mb., alleged perpetrator of the disappearance and murder of her namesake, was placed in police custody. According to a close family friend, Amy Mb. could have chosen to kill the baby out of jealousy, not having yet had a child with their husband. “She probably became distraught when she learned that her co-wife had gone out accompanied by their husband,” whispers another member of the family.
The Observer

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