Daughter arrested over death of her mom
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A 36-YEAR-OLD woman in Beijing has been arrested over the death of her 60-year-old mother who, it is alleged, was forced to swallow mercury.
Police found the mother’s body on April 9 after being alerted by neighbors complaining of a persistent unpleasant smell, yesterday’s Beijing Times reported.
They found the body covered by a blue quilt with the arms and legs tied with tape. The mother, surnamed Liu, had been dead for several months.
Police learned that her daughter, surnamed Yang, and her 7-year-old granddaughter used to live in the house but had moved out a month earlier. They found Yang’s fingerprints on the tape.
According to the newspaper, she told police: “I have no job and no money. I asked her for money, but she refused.”
Yang said she then cracked open a thermometer and poured the fluid into a cup before handing it to her mother. Liu refused to drink it but Yang held her head tightly and forced it into her mouth, the newspaper said.
It said this took place in front of the 7-year-old, who was crying and begging her mother to stop.
Yang put her mother’s body in a bedroom and tied her arms and legs with tape. She locked the door and continued living in the house with her daughter.
About two months later, when the smell became unbearable, Yang and her daughter moved out.
Police said she returned several times after that, trying to mask the smell with detergent and cooking oil.
The newspaper said police also retrieved a letter that Liu had written to the authorities claiming Yang had stolen money from her and had once cheated her out of 230,000 yuan (US$37,000).
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