Maria Plenkina, 21, left her three-year-old daughter alone to die without food and water after going on a week-long partying spree on her third birthday. She locked the door and turned off the water supply so she could not even get herself a drink.
The tragic girl, Kristina, was found by her grandmother, Irina, 47, who had brought round a birthday present for the little girl. Irina immediately called the ambulance and police but the girl was pronounced dead at the scene.
The distraught grandmother said that Maria had been in touch with her daily on social media telling her that she and the girl were fine but in reality, the mother had left her daughter to die of starvation in their home in Kirov, Russia.
The mother has been detained for two months and is under investigation for the murder of a child using extreme cruelty. After interrogations, the child’s mother said that she deliberately closed the door of the apartment and left the house.