Mother arrested over murder of missing 4-year-old daughter

The female from Saliyawewa who confessed to killing her four-year-old daughter and throwing the body into the Kala Oya has been arrested, stated Police Media Spokesperson.

Following the mother’s confession on the disappearance of the four-year-old girl in Saliyawewa, several teams of Navy and Police divers commenced search operations in the Kala Oya in search of the child’s body.

A four-year-old girl from Neelabemma village in Salliyawewa, which borders Wilpattu National Park, was reported missing since 30th January. 

She had, reportedly, been at her grandparents’ place when the two grandparents had heard the child’s scream while preparing a water pump to channel water from Kala Oya for their cultivations. However, they were unable to find the girl.

Accordingly, nearly 60 officers of police and other security forces carried out search operations surrounding areas and within the Wilpattu National Park for 04 consecutive days. The residents of the area complained that they have a suspicion that the family of the missing girl must have done something to her.

The investigation was subsequently assigned under the OIC of the Karwalagaswewa Police Station, on the 02nd of February leading to a confession by the mother that she had murdered her daughter and the discarded the body into the Kala Oya waters.

Although search operations are being carried out, the body of the murdered four-year-old has not been recovered yet.