YEREVAN. – The trial into the case of a newborn that was found dead, back in March in the Shirak Province, will get underway on August 17.

Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned the aforesaid from the Judicial Information System of Armenia.

The dead newborn’s mother, Irina Iosifova, is the defendant, whereas the baby’s father is the legal successor of the victim.  

According to the indictment, Iosifova had given birth to a baby boy, on March 23 at around 6:30am, while she was alone in their home in Mets Sariar village in the Shirak Province. But due to the social disrepair of the family and not having the means to raise the baby, the woman had decided to kill the newborn immediately after giving birth. So, she killed the baby by suffocating him.   

A criminal charge was brought against Irina Iosifova, and a signature bond on not leaving Armenia was enforced as her restraining order.