Mother of a one-year-old girl found dead in a trash can in Gyumri on August 31 has been detained, the spokesperson for the Armenian Investigative Committee Naira Harutyunyan told Armenian News - NEWS.am

As reported earlier, the dead body of an about a 1.5 year-old girl was found Saturday at around 2 pm, in a trash can in Gyumri, in Shirak Province of Armenia. He noted that there were no traces of violence on the child’s body, but adhesive tapes were wrapped around her hands and feet.

Police clarified an identity of the child and found her mother at around 7 pm the same day. The woman was taken to the local police department.