![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mum-tweeted-why-did-i-have-a-child-before-killing-8-year-old-son/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Karin-Ziolkowski.jpg&description=Mum Karin Ziolkowskii, 44, from Connecticut, faces life in prison after she took fluid from a tiki torch and set the family house on fire with her son, Elijah Ziolkowski, left trapped insideMum Karin Ziolkowski has been guilty of murdering her eight-year-old son Elijah Ziolkowski A mum tweeted "Why did I have a child?" just days before suffocating her eight-year-old son to death in a sickening house fire. Karin Ziolkowskii, 44, from Connecticut, was found guilty by a New Haven jury on November 8 of murdering her son Elijah Ziolkowski on November 14, 2016. New Haven State's Attorney John P. Doyle, Jr. said the mum suffocated her son after she was found guilty of causing arson in the second degree, according to court documents. Prosecutors said Ziolkowskii took fluid from a tiki torch and set the house on fire, with her son inside, as she set alight her bedroom and the basement. But just two days before the horrific killing on November 12, 2016, she tweeted: "Why did I have a child?" Read More Elijah was in third grade and loved Star Wars according to his loved ones ( Gofundme) Emergency services arrived at the scene to find Elijah unresponsive and medics were unable to resuscitate him after he suffered severe smoke inhalation. Mum Karin was rushed to Hartford Hospital for smoke inhalation for the fatal fire she caused. The eight-year-old's death was ruled as a homicide and the case of death was asphyxiation and acute intoxication, according to the Chief Medical Examiner's office. Authorities had originally thought the child died from smoke inhalation until they discovered the cause of death was down to the child's mum. The mum set fire to her house just days after she asked "Why did I have a child?" ( WVIT) An autopsy was performed which showed Elijah had a fatal amount of antihistamine diphenhydramine in his body - which can be found in medications such as Benadryl. According to the medical examiner, the eight-year-old died before the house was set alight. The Merid){kind=link}
Mum Karin Ziolkowskii, 44, from Connecticut, faces life in prison after she took fluid from a tiki torch and set the family house on fire with her son, Elijah Ziolkowski, left trapped inside
A mum tweeted “Why did I have a child?” just days before suffocating her eight-year-old son to death in a sickening house fire.
Karin Ziolkowskii, 44, from Connecticut, was found guilty by a New Haven jury on November 8 of murdering her son Elijah Ziolkowski on November 14, 2016.
New Haven State’s Attorney John P. Doyle, Jr. said the mum suffocated her son after she was found guilty of causing arson in the second degree, according to court documents.
Prosecutors said Ziolkowskii took fluid from a tiki torch and set the house on fire, with her son inside, as she set alight her bedroom and the basement.