Who Raped and Impregnated 4-Year-Old Lina Medina?
Sadly, she became the world’s youngest mother at only 5 years old.
On May 14th, 1939, Lina Medina gave birth via c-section to a healthy baby boy. Sadly, Lina was only five years old.
This is the story of how Lina Medina became the world’s youngest mother and the mystery surrounding the crime of her sexual abuse.
A Horrifying Discovery
It was spring of 1939. Lina Medina and her parents, Tiburelo Medina and Victoria Losea, lived in a remote village in Peru. They had a seemingly normal life until her mother noticed a large swelling in her abdomen.
As the swelling grew, Lina’s parents feared for her life, assuming it was a tumor.
Lina’s parents brought her to a doctor in Lima to get the “tumor” evaluated. To their shock and horror, they discovered that their daughter was seven months pregnant.
According to further medical assessments, her parents were further horrified to find out that Lina had been four years old when she became pregnant.
