Douala: Lady in custody for alleged murder of 2-year-old
The suspect has been identified as Eyong Mercy and she is accused of poisoning 2-year-old Tchuigoua Boris Marius.
According to the deceased toddler’s mother, Ngomaya Isabelle, her baby had been living with his paternal family for ever since he was just 3 months old.
“On May 2, my child died without being sick. His grandmother had left him with his father’s girlfriend, Eyong Mercy, to go buy gas. Mercy then bought bread for my baby which he ate. When the grandmother returned, Mercy who had been living in the house for 7 months suddenly decided she wanted to go back to their family house.”
Another family source declared that Mercy has always been a jealous and possessive girlfriend: “Mercy did not want little Marius to continue living in the house with them. She poisoned him out of jealousy.”
“She [Mercy] even went as far as stopping the deceased’s father from working. She would stop bikes and taxis from transporting him causing a scene each time and this let to him resigning from work,” Isabelle adds.
Baby Boris died last May 2 in Douala, Carrefour 3 morts, after consuming rat poison which his murderer, Mercy Eyong allegedly confessed to putting in his food.
The boy’s father identified as Ndjomo Tchuigoua Bertrand is yet to make a public declaration.
Mercy Eyong who is pregnant is currently detained at the Bonanjo judicial police unit.
