From the time of conception onwards, I was concealing my pregnancy from both my
parents and friends. At last, however, the time came; I started feeling the pain of labour.
After some hours of labour, I gave birth to a baby girl, with the help of some individuals
living in the neighbourhoodwhilemy parentswere away fromhome.After I had kept the
baby for about 10 hours, I threw it into the nearby toilet, and the baby finally died there. I
killed the baby in order to conceal the whole matter from my parents, and for fear that I
could not bring up my baby as I had nothing to feed on my own. Having realised that the
baby was not with me, the people in the neighbourhood reported to the kebele officials.
They, in turn, reported the case to the police. Soon, the policemade a thorough investigation
and found the baby dead inside the toilet. Then, I was arrested for murder.