Little Muhammad Nur Daniel Nurul Effendy was pinned under his father’s arm when he collapsed on top of him at their family home, with the baby’s mum eventually finding both of them dead in bed
A three-month-old baby has died after his cuddly dad suddenly had a heart attack and crushed the tot to death, with the man’s wife finding them both dead in bed.
Little Muhammad Nur Daniel Nurul Effendy was pinned under his father’s arm when he collapsed on top of him at their family home in Melaka, in southern Malaysia, on June 19. Dad Nurul Effendy Ibrahim, 35, was found dead in bed by his 40-year-old Azura with their baby trapped beneath him.
At first, reports local media, she thought there had been a gas leak. She told local media: “I knew something was wrong even though there was no blood.
“My husband was unconscious and our baby, who was still breathing at that time, was pinned under his arm. However, our baby looked very weak and pale.”
Dad Nurul was so heavy that it took two people to lift him off baby Mohammad, who had turned blue from the lack of oxygen, according to local media.
The tot was rushed to hospital but died while he was receiving treatment.
Relatives say that the previous night, Nurul had complained of chest pains but shrugged them off. The couple had reportedly waited 15 years for baby Muhammad, their third child.
The heartbreaking update came as a nursery worker was jailed in the US, after an 11-month-old baby died in her unlicensed daycare.
The tragic incident happened on August 30, 2022, when the baby boy, who wasn’t named, was under the care of Teresa Louise Biswanath, who was running an unlicensed in-home nursery. The defendant previously worked at a well-known childcare centre where she underwent extensive training, including safe sleeping techniques for infants.
Prosecutors stated that the boy was under her supervision when she “squeezed [him] into a swaddle much too small for his size” which was “designed for newborns less than three months old who could not roll over or crawl as he could.
“On the day of the child’s death, the defendant was caring for five children, including the victim. During nap time, the defendant squeezed the victim into a swaddle much too small for his size, one designed for newborns less than three months old who could not roll over or crawl as he could. She used straps to bind the child’s arms and put a pacifier with a 6-inch stuffed animal attached into his mouth,” prosecutors revealed after her conviction.
“The defendant initially tried to get the child to sleep in the same room with the other children, but eventually took him to a bedroom on the second floor of the home. She placed him facedown on the bed with his arms restrained by the swaddle and the pacifier in his mouth. The victim was upstairs for at least one hour as the defendant was in and out of the bedroom.
“The defendant left to check on the other children and when she returned to the upstairs room, she found the victim blue and unresponsive. She attempted to perform CPR while her husband called an ambulance. First responders were unable to revive the child.”
Biswanath, from Oregon, was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide. The 46- year-old woman was handed a two-year prison sentence following the infant’s death.