Murder of Seya Sadewmi: Difference between revisions

'''Seya Sadewmi''' (16 September 2010 – 12 September 2015),<ref name="disappearance"/> was a five-year-old [[Sri Lanka]]n child who was abducted, raped and murdered.<ref>{{cite web|title=5-year-old child strangled and sexually molested: JMO|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news/32327/5-year-old-child-strangled-and-sexually-molested-jmo|publisher=Ada Derana|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> The girl went missing from her house on 12 September 2015 while sleeping with her mother. After an extensive search of the premises by the [[police K9]] unit, the naked body was discovered on the morning of 13 September 2015 near a canal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Five year old girl’s body found near canal|url=http://mirrorcitizen.dailymirror.lk/2015/09/14/five-year-old-girls-body-found-near-canal/|publisher=Mirror Citizen|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> The body was found 200 meters away from the house. An autopsy revealed that Sadewmi had been sexually assaulted and was strangled to death.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fernando|first1=Lahiru|title=New details of Kotadeniyawa child’s death revealed|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/09/new-details-of-kotadeniyawa-childs-death-revealed/110575|publisher=NewsFirst|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> Four arrests were made by the Kotadeniyawa police,<ref>{{cite web|title=Seya murder: Police arrest another suspect|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=32569|publisher=Ada Derana|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> and two of them were later exonerated after a DNA testing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kotadeniyawa child murder: first two suspects released|url=http://adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=32540|publisher=Ada Derana|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> Third suspect, Dinesh Priyashantha subsequently falsely confessed to the crime and was charged with murder and rape. Later he revealed that his brothed manipulated him into confessing.<ref name="false conviction">{{cite web|last1=Dissanayake|first1=Ridma|title=Kondaya reveals gory details of his alleged crime|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=security/kondaya-reveals-gory-details-his-alleged-crime|publisher=Daily News|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> Priyashantha's brother concurred with this and was detained for further investigations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Santiago|first1=Melanie|title=Seya Sadewmi Killing: Police make another arrest|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/10/seya-sadewmi-killing-another-arrest-made/112908|publisher=NewsFirst|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> He also later confessed to murdering Sadewmi.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dissanayake|first1=Ridma|title=Confesses to the murder of little Seya|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/confesses-murder-little-seya|publisher=Ceylon Daily News|accessdate=7 October 2015}}</ref>