On Monday, the police reportedly searched the couple’s apartment in Orange (symbolic image).Image: www.imago-images.de
After five dead babies were found in southern France, the alleged mother and her partner were taken into custody.
July 30, 2026, 01:51July 30, 2026, 02:02
As the AFP news agency learned from people involved in the matter on Wednesday evening, the 32-year-old woman is currently being questioned by investigators. Her partner of the same age is also in custody.
The remains of four babies and the body of an infant were discovered in the couple’s apartment in Orange, southern France – through research by their partner.
According to his own statement to the police, the 32-year-old man was worried about the repeated very late discovery of his girlfriend’s pregnancy.
According to the public prosecutor’s office, the woman gave birth at home on Sunday before being taken to the hospital. The man investigated at home and discovered something that resembled “human remains.”
On Monday, police reportedly searched the couple’s apartment in Orange. According to the public prosecutor’s office, a forensic pathologist assumes that the bones found and the decomposed body belonged to five infants.
According to a media report, the woman was released from the hospital on Wednesday – and immediately taken into custody. The baby she gave birth to on Sunday – a boy – is in good health. The couple also has two children aged 8 and 9. (sda/apa/afp)