Alleged baby thief named

ONGWEDIVA – Police have identified a woman accused of stealing a two-month-old infant from Eenhana Hospital last Sunday as Filomena Elizabeth Karlush from Etakaya village in the Epembe constituency, Ohangwena Region.

Police spokesperson for the Ohangwena Region, Warrant Officer Joshua Shipateko, told Nampa that Karlush and the baby had already been brought back to Eenhana from Windhoek where the Police had traced them earlier this week. Shipateko said that a charge of theft of a child had been laid against Karlush, who was due to appear in the Eenhana Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.Karlush was found in possession of the two-month-old baby boy, which she allegedly stole from Eenhana Hospital where the mother, Indileni Erastus, was a patient.Erastus is from Ohakafiya village also in the Ohangwena Region.It is alleged that Karlush (34) stole the infant from a 14-year-old girl, who was looking after the child at the time.She apparently sent the girl to buy her some bread from nearby hawkers and vanished with the infant.- NampaShipateko said that a charge of theft of a child had been laid against Karlush, who was due to appear in the Eenhana Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.Karlush was found in possession of the two-month-old baby boy, which she allegedly stole from Eenhana Hospital where the mother, Indileni Erastus, was a patient.Erastus is from Ohakafiya village also in the Ohangwena Region.It is alleged that Karlush (34) stole the infant from a 14-year-old girl, who was looking after the child at the time.She apparently sent the girl to buy her some bread from nearby hawkers and vanished with the infant.- Nampa