The death of the two-month-old baby turned up more questions than answers - with the police unable to determine when the child was first found unresponsive, but no foul play is suspected.
New: You can now listen to articles.has come under the scrutiny of a coroner's court, with the investigating officer stating that the parents gave conflicting accounts of what happened before the child died.Two-month-old Nur Misha Syaifa Mustaqim was pronounced dead by paramedics in the early hours of Dec 3, 2022, at a one-room rental flat in Bukit Batok.
Paramedics arrived at the flat at about 1.05am on Dec 3, 2022, and Nur Misha's mother opened the door to let them in. The case was handed over to the police when they arrived. The officers interviewed Mustaqim, but he could not give a consistent account of events. At about 7.30pm on Dec 2, 2022, she was home with her husband, the baby and their two older children.At one point, she said her husband woke up because Nur Misha cried and he placed her in a prone position instead of a supine one. A supine position is when one's face and abdomen face up.
Nur Misha's mother later woke up to the sound of keys rattling, which she recognised as her children trying to go to their neighbour's house to play. One version stated that she had woken up and seen her husband covering Nur Misha's face with a bolster until the baby was unresponsive.According to DSP Tan, Mustaqim's version of events stated that he was home with his wife and children.
DSP Tan said that Nur Misha's parents gave different versions of events leading up to the discovery of the child. They also differed on what the baby's final resting position was.
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