A woman died on Saturday following a home birth, after being transported to Portimão Hospital. Police later found the baby, lifeless, in a room of the house where the woman lived with her husband and two daughters.
INEM was called to assist the 42 year old woman, who was in a serious condition and ended up dying in the hospital, from severe bleeding. It was discovered that the woman was 9 months pregnant.
The hospital alerted the authorities, "and the PSP found the new born, lifeless, hidden and wrapped in blankets at the woman's home. Police have suspicions that the baby had been asphyxiated.
Reports by Portuguese newspaper, Correio da Manhã, say that the woman hid her pregnancy because there were suspicions of an extramarital affair. Due to her large physique, no one suspected anything, even her family, friends and neighbours.
The bodies were taken to the Portimão Forensic Medical Office for autopsies, "in order to clarify exactly the causes of death".
The victim's husband is said to have "reported to the inspectors that he did not know about the pregnancy, and that the child was not his".
