Woman Kills Her Friend’s Baby Because She Was Jealous Of Her

When jealously becomes a disease.

31-year-old Daria Shavelkina was a Clarins cosmetics consultant who lived in Moscow, Russia.

Shavelkina was long-time friends with another 30-year-old Moscow-based woman named Yaroslava Korolyova.

Mrs. Korolyova was a happily married housewife and mother to 3 children.

In early December of 2020, the at the time pregnant Daria Shavelkina decided to visit Mrs. Korolyova.

However, what seemed like an ordinary meeting between two friends, ended up changing their lives forever.

During their meeting, Shavelkina asked Korolyova if she could borrow some old baby clothes from her.

Eager to help her friend, Mrs. Korolyova went to her children’s room in order to pack some baby clothing items, leaving her two-month-old daughter in the living room along with Shavelkina.

When she returned, however, she immediately noticed her daughter was missing.

Without thinking too much of it, Korolyova asked Shavelkina where her baby was.

Shockingly, she revealed that as soon as Mrs. Korolyova faced the other way, she abruptly picked her baby daughter up and tossed her out of the flat’s window, which was approximately 130ft (40 meters) above the ground.

Before she was even able to react, Mrs. Korolyova rushed down 13 floors, only for her to find her daughter lying unconscious in a bloody pool on the street.

When paramedics arrived on the scene, they found Mrs. Korolyova standing over the lifeless body of her child.

She was in a deep state of shock and was transferred to the nearest hospital.

Shavelkina was detained moments later after the police arrived.

A criminal investigation was conducted days later, and it was discovered that the two women had never been in an altercation prior to the incident.

In a court hearing, Shavelkina stated that she threw the baby to her death because the voices in her head told her to do so. She also claimed that she was mentally ill.

Unconvinced by her statements, the court ordered her to go through a mental examination test.

After examining her, psychiatric experts at the Serbsky Institute found that Shavelkina didn’t suffer from any mental illnesses.

Her insanity claims were purely an act to receive a reduced prison sentence.

In her trial, which was held in June of 2021, the court reached the verdict that Shavelkina was ‘‘envious’’ of her friend’s happy family life and the sole reason behind the baby’s murder was to ruin Mrs. Korolyova’s life.

Daria Shavelkina was found guilty of the murder of the two-month-old minor and was sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Additionally, she was ordered to pay 5 million Russian roubles (68.000 USD) to Mrs. Korolyova and her husband in compensation for their emotional suffering.

Surprisingly enough, Shavelkina didn’t receive the maximum potential penalty for this type of crime, which in Russia is 20 years behind bars.

It’s also worth noting that, shortly after her sentencing, Shavelkina gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby.

Sources: MailOnline, TheSun, DailyStar, 7News