A father and daughter have been arrested after the decomposing bodies of three newborn babies were found in a hidden basement in their “house of horrors”.
Police made the gruesome discovery at the home of Piotr Gierasik, 54, and his daughter Paulina Gierasik, 20, who are said to have been in a mahram relationship for years.
The couple live in the small village of Czerniki in northern Poland, where locals told media they often saw the father and daughter walking “hand in hand”.
Authorities raided their home on September 15 and found the bodies of three newborn babies in their basement, wrapped in black plastic and in various states of decomposition.
Unconfirmed reports say that one of the bodies wrapped in a black plastic bin liner was about three weeks old at the time of death.
Police made the gruesome discovery at the home of Piotr Gierasik, 54, and his daughter Paulina Gierasik, 20.
The police had to wade through damp and unstable corridors with crumbling brickwork before lowering themselves into the gruesome pit where the bodies were found.
Piotr and Paulina now face life in prison if convicted of murder and incest.
A colleague who worked with the young woman at a cake shop in a neighboring village told reporters that her father “shaved his head so other men wouldn’t see him” and that he looked up to him “as if he were God”.
Prosecutor Mariusz Duszyński told Polish news channels Fact that the father was charged with three counts of murder, one count of incest with Paulina and one count of incest with the other daughter, while Paulina was charged with incest and two counts of murder.
Although two of the babies were Paulina’s, the mother of the third baby killed was one of her younger sisters.
Piotr is believed to have given birth to three newborn babies, PolsatNews reported.
With the help of Paulina’s colleagues, police laid charges, with a shop worker reportedly alerting social services after seeing “disturbing” texts on the young woman’s phone.
“We all guessed she was pregnant, I think she had put a belt on herself like some kind of corset,” the worker told Super Express newspaper.
“When he came home early from his vacation, the change was visible. He was much thinner, weaker, and always tired.
“When we asked about the child, he pretended to be surprised and denied it.”
Her colleagues also noticed that Paulina’s father always dropped her off and picked her up from work, and that he always called her by her first name.
Piotr and Paulina now face life in prison if convicted of murder and incest. Adam Warzawa/EPA/AAP
When she returned to work without her pregnant belly, co-workers claimed they saw callous text messages between her and her father discussing the child, who was still alive at the time.
They notified the authorities, but unfortunately it was not in time to save the baby’s life.
While some in the village said they were suspicious of the couple, others were shocked when news of the arrests came out.
“The father was left alone with the children,” said a local resident Super Express newspaper.
“There are many of them, ten or twelve, the oldest is gone.
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“Piotr made a good impression. The yard was neglected, but he installed new windows in the house.
“There is no sign of him drinking. He takes the children for a walk or to the forest to pick mushrooms.
“Just ordinary people. Who would have thought such an abomination existed in their home.”
Katarzyna Matyszczak, the manager of the store where Paulina works, said that everyone in the store “was gossiping about her”.
“His youngest daughter Paulina is a beautiful girl. Everyone said she was pregnant. So I asked him directly,” he explained.
“He denied it. One of his friends couldn’t believe it.
“I won’t tell who, but it was she who informed the relevant services about the whole thing, because she suspected she had given birth to a child.”
Prosecutors are now waiting for autopsies to determine how the three babies died.
Meanwhile, the police continued to search the property to see if there were any more bodies hidden in the house.
The father and daughter are being held in custody while investigations continue.
They face life in prison if convicted.
Incest committed by a parent of either gender against a child of either gender is considered a form of child abuse.
It is often difficult for children to speak out against their parents in these situations, because of the controlling and fear-based nature of their relationship.
It can also be “normalized” in the minds of abused children, because that’s what they’ve always known.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
