Albertine Tetiyo Ndongmo, 39, who lives in “Quartier Congo” in Bafoussam in the West Region, is in police custody for killing her two-year-old son, Lindo Ndongmo.

Reports say Albertine, a prostitute, killed her son last Friday night (October 28), put the body in a bag and dumped it in a gutter at the Marché B in Bafoussam. The body was later discovered by a scavenger who alerted the Police Special Rapid Intervention Unit (ESIR).

Sources close to Albertine told the police that the late Lindo was malnourished. The father of Lindo is a driver whose whereabout is not known. According to reports, Albertine must have killed her son by suffocation in order to be free of the burden of taking care of him. The body of Lindo is in the mortuary of the Regional Hospital in Bafoussam. Investigations are going on.