Something has gone terribly wrong with the families in our society, says STOMPer Kelly, after reading about the tragic death of Edy, a six-year-old whose lifeless body was found at the Kallang River on November 25.

Just last month, Singaporeans were shocked by the ruthless way a 23-month-old girl was bashed to death for apparently ruining her father's cigarettes.

In the Nonoi case reported in 2007, 31-year-old Mohammed Ali Johari was found guilty for sexually assaulting and murdering his two-year-old step daughter.

He had admitted to dunking her in a pail of water to stop her 'incessant crying'.

Kelly says that the recent string of child deaths involving troubled families is a worrisome trend in our society as it shows the sorry state that the family unit has come to.

She cites the recent and tragic death of little Edy as an example.

According to The New Paper reports today, the child's father was never present in his life and his mother, a drug offender, has been in and out of jail five times.

As she was imprisoned for drug offences last year, Edy came under the care of his grandmother, who reportedly left the child to play alone at the playground till 11pm nightly.

According to reports in today’s edition of My Paper, Edy’s grandmother hired a caretaker to take the child to and from school a month ago.

The caretaker, a 31-year-old man known as Boy, is also the main suspect in the murder of Edy.

Yesterday, Edy’s body was found stuffed in a trolley bag and dumped at the Kallang River, after going missing for a week. The cause of death is still unknown.

It seems that the boy had not even been reported missing to the police until Monday (November 23).
 
In an email, a disturbed Kelly says:

“Maybe many parents these days are not ready to start families of their own yet.

“These innocent children, who have been murdered or ruthlessly abused, are the victims.

“I hope we can all look at the sorry state the family unit has become in our society and stop these cold-blooded acts.”

Click here for My Paper's report 'Edy's sad life'.