Protesters too to the streets in the area of Jerusalem’s Kikar Shabbos on Tuesday afternoon and evening in protest over the court extending the remand of the father of the infant who died in the jacuzzi incident in the Miami Hotel in Ashdod over Pesach. The mother was released to house arrest by the court.
It was originally believed that both the mother and father would be released to house arrest, but the court decided that based on evidence presented, there was still cause to keep the dad behind bars until Thursday, 27 Nissan, at which time police may once again ask to extend his remand.
It was first reported that the one-month-old infant of the couple fell into the jacuzzi and died as a result. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful. There is a gag order on much of the information in the ongoing case but it was reported at one point, the mother heard voices telling her to repeatedly baptize the child in the jacuzzi.
The prosecution called to have the mother undergo a psychiatric evaluation. It is believed the father is suspected of interfering with the ongoing investigation and possibly tampering with evidence in the case. The couple is reportedly a Jerusalem chareidi couple.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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We will soon see that the parents are sadly and unfortunately guilty of murder (my own opinion). Reasons to perform autopsies are very disappointing (from an halachic viewpoint), but this case appears to have deemed it necessary and appropriate to override halacha. Murder is one of the 10 commandments (and one of the 3 commandments we would give our own life over in order not to perform), performing an autopsy is not. May this never happen again.
I do not believe the protesters have a Torah based feather to support their wildness. There is a legitimate case here requiring proper investigation, and the protesters should be submerging themselves in all the Torah learning they have committed to do. They can take a break from the learning to say some tehilim. Otherwise, they are accomplishing nothing but chilul Hashem. If my son were among them, I would withdraw him from yeshiva immediately. I do not believe he would be serious about his learning. I would see him as getting involved in matters that were not his.
Baptise? Chareidi.
TheMir – I think he’s referring to tevilah in a mikvah, but couldn’t come up with the word in English. Actually, I think the Xtian ceremony originated in tevilah, at least if what my Xtian friends on the block were describing was accurate when we were kids and they were trying to save my soul.
When (if ever) will the autopsy results be revealed?