The court sent the mother of a girl who died in Derbent to pretrial detention.

A Derbent resident, detained in connection with the death of her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter from starvation, has been remanded in custody. In court, she pleaded not guilty and stated that she has a higher pedagogical education.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the body of an one-and-a-half-year-old child who died of starvation was seized by police from a Derbent resident during an identity check. The case is being investigated under the article on causing death by negligence. Today, law enforcement detained a woman on suspicion of murdering her own daughter.

The Derbent City Court has remanded in custody a city resident detained in connection with the death of her young daughter. In court, the woman pleaded not guilty to the crime charged against her.

"According to the investigation, the woman led a reclusive lifestyle and refused assistance from relatives and social services," the United Press Service of the Courts of Dagestan reported.

The accused claims to have a higher education in teaching. She stated this during the hearing, answering the judge's question. By the court's decision, she was arrested for one month and 25 days, until April 20, 2026.

The case remains under investigation under the article on causing death by negligence (Part 1 of Article 109 of the Russian Criminal Code). The deceased girl, the daughter of the accused, was one year and three months old, the statement clarified.

The accused lived in Syria for a long time, then returned to Dagestan, where in 2024 she gave birth to a girl who died, presumably from exhaustion. Experts have made a preliminary conclusion that the woman may have "mental problems," Sapa Kavkaz reports.