Ethiopian Mother arrested. Two of her childrens died from kept in closet

by ocean

– Mother Tells Police She Locked Kids In Closet

– Two Found Dead Ten Hours Later

A young mother from Ethiopia tells police she kept her five children in a bedroom closet for more than ten hours before finding two of them dead. A bed pushed against the door kept the five from escaping.

28-year-old Ebyan Farah, held on preliminary charges of neglect, tells interrogators she was “not in her right mind.”

Farah admits finding 5-year-old Zuhur Farah and her 3-year-old brother, Zakariya, dead when she opened the door late Sunday afternoon. She told investigators she placed the bodies on a couch downstairs.

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Farah_edyan (IMPD photo)

When a family member came to the apartment and saw what had happened, he tried to call 911 but Farah grabbed the phone away from him.

It might be as much as three weeks before the Marion County Coroner’s office reaches a conclusion about the cause of death. A spokeswoman says the office is awating results of a toxicology test.

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Two children are dead and three other children are in the custody of Child Protective Services after being taken from an apartment on the south side of Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Metro Police arrested their mother, 28-year-old Ebyan Farah, on two preliminary counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in death.

The children, a 3-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, were found dead at 4663 Londonderry Court, which is off of Mann Road, near Kentucky Avenue. The Marion County Coroner’s Office hasn’t released their causes of death.

IMPD Sgt. Linda Jackson confirms the surviving children appeared to be malnourished when they were taken by paramedics to Riley Hospital.

Jackson says their mother may have ties to another country.

“I did hear, or it was relayed to me, that she’s Ethiopian, and I don’t know if she came here from that country or if she’s been in this country and then moved to this area recently,” Jackson said.

Two other men who were originally detained during the investigation have been released. They have not been charged.

Metro Police say the investigation is ongoing.

Farah is being held on a $200,000 bond.

source: wibc.com

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16 comments

Selam Seifu September 21, 2010 - 10:08 pm

waw betam yasazenal…how sad?

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Tigistu Bini September 21, 2010 - 10:08 pm

so sad:((

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Senait Tesfay September 21, 2010 - 10:08 pm

so sad

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Koni Bekele September 21, 2010 - 10:08 pm

So very SAD!!! When there are so many childless people out there.

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Hanna Tadesse September 21, 2010 - 10:08 pm

OMG how awful!!

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Anonymous September 22, 2010 - 4:02 am

who is the father? they don’t say nothing about that right. I know why! God may help her to be in straight mind and take those two kids life in haven

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yoftahe September 22, 2010 - 4:04 am

who is the father of this kids? why they are not taking about him? I know he probably…… Pray God may help her to be in straight mind and take the kids life in haven

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Birutal September 23, 2010 - 5:55 am

she is not ethiopian..may be She is from somali………….but it’s so sad story,…

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Ethiopia Desalegn September 28, 2010 - 2:18 pm

ooo sorry so so sad may be she has a big problem and she can not controle her mind. sorry 4her we can not judge

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Miraf Lulseged September 28, 2010 - 2:18 pm

what a sad newes oce .. my god what happend to those ethio ppl there very wiered things and become criminals my godness ….. this is shame . tnx for sharing konjo by the way we miss u so much

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Anonymous September 29, 2010 - 3:11 am

Well, which is amaizing. But, there is a lot of thing apply in this case. Mentally, Financialy, or something went wrong. We just don’t know.

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Sewalem ሰውዓለም፡ Goshu ጎሹ። October 6, 2010 - 1:07 pm

The mother who has killed her two children, and arrested is not an Ethiopian. People from another countries are now using Ethiopia to get their states as an immigrant. Dear Ocean, Please be careful from such people who are damaging our Country’s image. Thank you.

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Tigistu Bini October 6, 2010 - 1:07 pm

@sewalem, pls post if u have the source link!!!

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meseret mulu October 20, 2010 - 1:42 pm

Ooow I am so sorry the two children’s it is so sad and God knows everything. I have never heard before just like this its so murdered. I recognize know the case and at that time what did thinking the happening. she is not Ethiopian womenmostly as a mother.

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meseret mulu October 20, 2010 - 1:44 pm

Ooow I am so sorry the two children’s it is so sad and God knows everything. I have never heard before just like this murdered. I don’t recognize the case and at that time what did thinking the happening. She is not Ethiopian women mother mostly as a mother.

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booby November 4, 2010 - 3:07 pm

Its very sad, It doesn’t really matter where she came from. Let God be with her and RIP for the kids.

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