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Akanksha Adivarekar was sentenced to a hospital on Thursday in connection with the death of her 4-year-old son this past June

Adivarekar was originally charged with murder but agreed to a plea of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility last week

Prosecutors said Adivarekar stabbed her son to death in his sleep and then drank bleach before taking herself to a nearby hospital while still wearing a blood soaked nightgown

Months after climbing into bed with her 4-year-old son and inexplicably stabbing him 11 times until he died, an English mother has been sentenced to a mental health hospital.

Akanksha Adivarekar was sentenced on Thursday for the June 10, 2025 killing of her 4-year-old son Agustya Hegishte, who was found stabbed to death inside the family’s home i

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