Greater than three dozen residents held a small vigil for a young boy who was ‘killed and cannibalised’ by his own mother.
The unnamed mum, 32, was charged with murder after the body of a four-year-old boy was present in a house in Latest South Wales, Australia. The lady allegedly told police she had ‘carried out acts of cannibalism’ on her son when turning herself in.
Officers later discovered the boy’s body with significant arm injuries while carrying out a welfare check at her home on Bryron Street, Wyong. The teen can have been dead for days, broadcaster Nine News reported.
Today, a small vigil was held for the boy at Wyong Memorial Pool, where one mum said her own son had played with the victim before his death.
‘He seemed really normal and completely satisfied and stuffed with energy, but he was a shy little kid,’ she recalled, adding: ‘I truthfully wish we’d got to know him because my son absolutely loved fiddling with him.’
The resident said the boy’s mum was ‘quiet’ and nice to talk with when their children played together, and she or he didn’t suspect anything was improper.
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‘All of it goes back to the proven fact that you don’t know what happens behind closed doors,’ she said.
Many children were seen with tears of their eyes on the memorial event as they laid down stuffed toys and candles for the victim.
Insiders told The Sydney Morning Herald and the Day by day Telegraph that fears of cannibalism got here from ‘discussions’ police had with the mum.
The lady, who can’t be identified as a result of Australian child crime victim laws, drove to the station, which triggered the search of her home.
Her automotive was seized together with other evidence. Police haven’t said whether anything recovered on the scene suggested cannibalism.
Supt Chad Gillies said at a press conference that the mum and son had a ‘domestic relationship’ and lived together on the unit.
She was known to the force, he added. The coroner will conduct a post-mortem next week to find out the reason for death.
Neighbour Harley Chislett said that the boy was a ‘little angel’ who often spent hours fiddling with his toy automotive and Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy.
He told the Day by day Telegraph: ‘I can’t consider he’s dead. He was a very good kid, a little bit of a rug rat at times, like all kids that age.’
‘I loved that child. Sometimes he can be up running around until 9pm, 10pm. It’s like he was running marathons at times.
‘He had plenty of energy. He was lovable.’
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