(ANSA) - Cagliari, March 21 - A 40-year-old woman was
arrested Wednesday on suspicion of trying to kill her newborn
baby in a fit of depression near Cagliari Tuesday, judicial
sources said.
The woman and baby suffered smoke inhalation in the fire she
allegedly set in their home to try to kill them both, the
sources said.
The 20-day-old baby, suffering from carbon monoxide
inhalation like her mother, is expected to make a full recovery.
The woman is being guarded in a psychiatric ward.
Woman arrested for trying to kill baby in home fire
In fit of depression