Murder of Daniel Pelka

Daniel Pelka

Pelka's symbolic grave at St. Paul's burial ground, Foleshill, Coventry
Born (2007-07-15)15 July 2007
Coventry, England
Died 3 March 2012(2012-03-03) (aged 4)
Coventry, England
Cause of death Head injury, child abuse
Resting place Łódź, Poland
Monuments Coventry, England
Known for Child abuse victim
Parent(s) Mariusz Krężołek (stepfather)
Magdalena Łuczak (mother)
Eryk Pelka (biological father)

The murder of Daniel Pełka occurred on 3 March 2012 in Coventry, England.[1] Daniel, 4, died of a head injury. His mother, Magdalena Łuczak (27), and her partner, Mariusz Krężołek (33), were found guilty of the murder on 31 July 2013. On 2 August 2013, both Łuczak and Krężołek were jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 30 years each.[2] Both died in prison, however, within three years of being sentenced.

Daniel Pelka's biological parents, Łuczak and Eryk Pelka, separated in Poland, and his mother moved to Coventry in the United Kingdom with her new boyfriend in 2006, when she was pregnant. Daniel was born there.[3]

Łuczak and Krężołek starved the child, beat him, locked him in a room, force-fed him salt, and put his head underwater in the bath. He weighed only one stone nine pounds (10.4 kg) when he died.

On 14 July 2015, Łuczak was found unresponsive in her cell at about 07:15 BST and was pronounced dead.[4] An inquest held three days later revealed that Łuczak had hanged herself one day before what would have been Daniel's eighth birthday.[5]

At about 08.30 on 27 January 2016, Krężołek was found dead in his prison cell at Full Sutton Prison.[6]

Legacy

In 2014 the indie rock band Little Comets released a song called "Salt", accompanied by a YouTube video, dedicated to the memory of Daniel Pelka.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Innocently running after the mother who would murder him: Haunting final image of boy, four, starved and beaten to death by parents as authorities looked the other way". Dailymail.co.uk. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Daniel Pelka murder: Mother and partner given life". BBC News. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Daniel Pelka: Sibling hid food for starved boy". BBC News. 31 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Starved Daniel Pelka's mother dies in jail". bbc.co.uk. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Daniel Pelka's 'cruel and brutal' mother 'hanged herself' BBC News. 17 July 2015. Retrieved December 5 2015.
  6. ↑ Daniel Pelka's killer found dead in prison BBC News. 29 January 2016. Retrieved January 29 2016.
  7. ↑ Little Comets – Salt (Official Video) on YouTube
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