The 35-year-old mother, who had been hospitalized under duress in early January after the discovery of two dead babies hidden in a suitcase in her apartment in Rumilly (Haute-Savoie) was indicted for “murder” and placed in detention provisional, announced Monday the parquet floor of Annecy.
“The respondent was placed in police custody on Thursday as soon as his compulsory hospitalization was lifted. She was presented to an investigating judge on Saturday, indicted for murder of a 15-year-old minor and placed in pre-trial detention, ”said the public prosecutor Line Bonnet.
The young woman who lived as a couple with two children born in 2020 and 2021 denies any intentional act. The autopsy did not make it possible to determine the date and the cause of death and additional analyzes are in progress, according to the same source. The Annecy prosecutor’s office opened a judicial investigation for “murder of a minor under the age of 15” shortly after the discovery of the bodies, on January 1st.
Births “several years ago”
The young woman herself revealed “to have the bodies of two dead babies at her home” when she called the emergency services to warn them of her suicidal intentions. Once there, the gendarmes found on his indications “two remains swaddled in a suitcase”, as the prosecutor had explained on January 6th. The mother of the family was then arrested and then hospitalized under duress because of her mental state.
Once out of the hospital, she “cooperated fully with the investigators”, according to information obtained Monday from the Annecy prosecutor’s office. “She admitted to giving birth twice to children who died very soon after birth in circumstances she cannot explain. She indicates that she discovered her pregnancies at the time of delivery, ”said the prosecutor.
A woman “in great distress”
“She denies having killed them. (…) She denies having intended to kill them, ”she said. “She was not able to date her two deliveries, which would have taken place several years ago. (…) All this in great confusion and at a time when this young woman was in great distress both psychologically and a bit in a period of wandering and drug addiction, ”added the Annecy prosecutor.
His companion since 2019, who had been abroad since mid-December, had been placed in police custody for concealment of a corpse on January 5 upon his return to France, then released the next day without any charges being brought against him. him. “According to her statements, her current spouse is absolutely not the father of these babies. Without prejudice. She is in a state of great confusion, ”concluded the magistrate.