The young mother was arrested on Tuesday and placed in pre-trial detention.
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A macabre discovery. The mother of a newborn baby found dead in the toilets of Bergerac station (Dordogne) has been indicted for “murder of a 15-year-old minor” and placed in pre-trial detention, the prosecution announced on Friday May 6. of Perigieux. The 19-year-old mother was arrested on Tuesday, admitting to having given birth in these toilets.
Her 40-year-old companion, who accompanied her on the day of the events and presented by the young woman as the father of the child, was indicted for not having prevented the crime and not having provided assistance to the little victim. He was also remanded in custody, according to a statement.
The lifeless body of the newborn male, born alive according to the autopsy, had been found on April 29 by a maintenance worker in the bowl of the toilets for people with reduced mobility at Bergerac station, where also blood and the placenta.