Riyadh: In a case that surpasses fiction in its strangeness, Saudi authorities have executed a woman and her accomplice for abducting three newborns from hospitals and raising them as her own children for nearly 20 years. Maryam Al-Mutairi, a Saudi national, and her accomplice, a Yemeni man named Mansour Khalid Abdullah, were executed in Dammam in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. This is considered one of the most unusual child abduction cases in the kingdom's history.
The abductions took place between 1994 and 2000 from Qatif Central Hospital and Dammam Maternity Hospital. Maryam posed as a nurse to abduct the infants: Naif Al-Kharadi in 1994, Yusuf Al-Ammari in 1996, and Musa Al-Khunaisi in 1999. She then raised them in secrecy as her own children.
The case came to light five years ago when Maryam tried to obtain official identity documents for the children, who by then were adults. Discrepancies in her statements led authorities to investigate further. DNA tests confirmed the children were not biologically related to her.
She was found guilty of kidnapping, psychological abuse, falsifying information, and depriving the children of their legal rights, including access to education and family. After a lengthy legal process, she was sentenced to death in 2021. The sentence was upheld by the appeals and supreme courts and was carried out following a royal decree.
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