The lifeless body of a 9-year-old boy was discovered last week in Belgium. His 12-year-old sister gave chilling testimony to investigators.
His name was Raul and his short life ended in suffering. Thursday, April 13, the lifeless body of this 9-year-old boy was discovered in the port city of Ghent, Belgium. More precisely, in a sports bag that had been thrown in the water, after being weighed down with stones. The child’s mother was arrested and then placed under an arrest warrant, while her companion was arrested while he was in the Netherlands. The couple are suspected of killing the childbefore getting rid of his body.
The victim’s big sister, aged 12, made chilling confidences to the investigators, holding a different version from that of her mother. While the latter assured that the little boy had fallen down a staircase, the girl confided that he had actually been beaten with a beltand received punches. She clarified thathe had also been scaldedas detailed by the Dutch-speaking Belgian dailies HLN And Het Nieuwsblad.
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Boy’s mother was ‘constantly aggressive’
Still according to the testimony of the little boy’s sister, who is called Yoana, the abusive behavior were regular. The young teenager clarified that her brother had one day stopped reacting to blows. It was then that his mother and her companion would have placed his body in a sports bag, before throwing it into the water. After being advised of the version held by her daughter, the victim’s mother finally insisted on changing her statements. She assured that her son was frequently beaten by his spouseand that the latter was responsible for his death.
However, the testimony of a neighbor of the family toHLN hinted that Raul’s mother was a violent person. He explained in particular that this woman showed herself “constantly aggressive towards the [petit] boy”. He precised Have you ever seen her kick the kids? “at their face [qui était] bleeding”.
The victim’s sister was placed in the care of her uncle, who lives in Germany. “Yoana has […] seen it allexplained this man in the columns of the daily Het Nieuwsblad. I can’t even imagine it. She is shocked. We are all in shock.”