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The child has information that cannot come from her present life, as far as I can judge.
Therefore it's another unusual case.
Attra Kapi from Antakya.
On 1 Nov 1998 she dies in a car crash from the consequences of severe brain damage.
28 days after the accident, the little Demet is born in Antakya.
On her birth, she has a palm-sized haematoma on her temple.
She had this birthmark, which is now not visible anymore.
It possibly could have a connection to the crash victim, who was heavily injured there.
First Dr Keil visits the little girl.
With the help of an interpreter he tries to speak with the 4-year-old Demet.
The family's statements are put on record, too.
Demet has stated from the beginning that she has 2 mothers.
I asked: "Why do you have 2 mothers?"
But she insisted. At the first time, she even mentioned a name: Lenia.
I knew a woman called Lenia.
She was a seamstress who sewed some of my dresses.
Without me ever telling her about it Demet asked me one day:
"Granny, what is sewing?"
I was flabbergasted and asked myself why on Earth could did she ask that?
Dr. Keil tries to elicit more details from Demet and her family about the former life.
Who is Eifa?
Eifa was my sister.
We were about 20 people on the bus.
Wir waren auf einem Ausflug ans Meer.
My husband was driving.
My brother Memet also was with us.
Demet was sitting between us.
Suddenly, a few miles before Cevlik, Demet went mad.
She trembled and cried as if she lost had her mind.
My brother Memet put his arms around her and asked what was wrong with her.
Her voice was brittle and fragile.
She was scared when she said:
"Here the accident happened."
The interview approaches a delicate moment.
Dr Keil tries to speak with the girl cautiously about the death scene.
She says she died in Cevlik.
I asked her who said that?
She said: "I know it."
It's a gift from God.
It happens to those that did not die of natural causes.
Those who drown, are shot or are killed in accidents.
They are those who talk about it.
The late Attra was on her way back home with her sister Eifa.
Not far from Cevlik, the car came off the road in this bend and crashed.
Her sister Eifa survived without injuries.
What does Demet know about this at the time of the interview?
At this time she demonstrated in a childlike way how the accident happened.
She showed that she was flung out of the car.
That was indeed the case.
And then she was found dead immediately.
Dr Keil also managed to contact the family of the deceased girl.
In the interview with the deceased's sister he learns about new details of the accident.
I crawled out of the car.
Then I heard that they found her.
Rather far away from the crashed car.
Near to this canal
The mobile phone and her cigarettes were still lying there.
Here she was bleeding and parts of her brain came out.
Then I bounced against a stone.
My vein stuck out and something was burst.
After that I got smaller and smaller.
Alarming details out of the mouth of a 4-year-old girl.