Mother who ate baby's body parts detained for 10 days

A Kajiado court on Tuesday ordered the detention of a woman facing murder charges after allegedly killing her two-year-old daughter.

The woman is said to have chopped her baby into pieces with a knife before eating parts of her internal organs.

Olivia Naserian is accused of murdering her daughter Glory Njeri at their home in Kitengela's Milimani Estate on Sunday, April 23.

She then started to ingest her insides before neighbours alerted the police, who arrived at the scene and apprehended her.

She appeared before Chief Magistrate Jane Kamau on Tuesday who ordered that Naserian remain in police custody for another 10 days to allow police officers to complete their investigations.

Naserian is expected to appear for the hearing on May 8.

Residents of Kitengela were left in shock after they watched in horror as the woman stabbed the two-year-old girl to death before she dismembered her and fed on her remains.

Naserian, 24, a Fourth Year Commerce student at a local university is alleged to have killed her child, Glory Njeri, after she parted ways with the minor's father.

According to police, the woman is said to have cut her baby into pieces before feeding on the intestines and kidney, in an incident that left locals speechless with rage.

Neighbours who heard the minor’s screams rushed to the house suspecting criminals had attacked the homestead only to find the young mother naked and violently attacking her daughter while singing nursery school rhymes.

The horrifying attack was captured on video by neighbours who tried in vain to break the door.

When the neighbours managed to break the door and get into the house, the toddler was already dead and the young mother had collapsed.

According to the neighbours, the parents of the young mother, who live in the same house, were not at home at the time of the incident.

Police plan to take her to the hospital for mental tests.

The remains were taken to the local morgue.