UK: Newborn, whose birth was induced after his 8-month pregnant mother was stabbed to death, in critical condition
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A boy whose birth was induced after his mother was stabbed to death is in critical condition.
Kelly-Mary Fauvrelle, 26, was around eight months pregnant when she was killed in the Thornton Heath area of Croydon, south London.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering the 26-year-old, who was pronounced dead at a house in Croydon, south London, early on Saturday.
Police said a 29-year-old was in custody and a 37-year-old had been released under investigation.
Both men were arrested on Saturday.
The Metropolitan Police has launched a murder probe following what a senior detective described as a “horrific incident”.
Officers were called to reports of a woman in cardiac arrest at the address at 3.30am on Saturday.
They arrived with paramedics to find Kelly-Mary suffering from stab injuries at the house.
The Met’s Homicide and Serious Crime Command are investigating the case, led by Detective Chief Inspector Mick Norman.
He said: “This is a horrific incident in which a young mother has lost her life and her child is critically ill.
“Our sympathies go out to her devastated family; they are being supported by specially trained officers following this awful event, and I would ask that they are left alone at this time as they come to terms with the enormity of what has happened.”
The force said the woman’s next-of-kin have been informed.
