a seven-year-old child discovered with a bag tied around his head, a man in police custody for “attempted intentional homicide”

A seven-year-old child was discovered on Friday, November 3, in Choisy-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne), with a plastic bag tied around his head, the Créteil public prosecutor’s office told franceinfo on Saturday, November 4, confirming information of Parisian/Today in France. The victim is still hospitalized this Saturday in a “serious condition”. The main suspect’s custody was extended by 24 hours, reports the Créteil public prosecutor’s office. An investigation for “attempted intentional homicide of a 15-year-old minor” is open.

The main suspect charged with custody of the child

According to the latest elements of the investigation, communicated by the prosecution, the 29-year-old man presents himself as a “parental assistant, under the status of self-entrepreneur“. He is domiciled in Val-de-Marne and “unknown font files“However, it was “implicated in a procedure opened in Paris for sexual assault on a 15-year-old minor in June 2022“, specifies the prosecution. The procedure was “dismissed for lack of infringement“.

The investigation continues. It must in particular allow us to know more about the precise unfolding of the facts and the personality of the accused. The public prosecutor explains that, if, for the moment, “the elements do not currently establish the commission of acts of a sexual nature, this hypothesis remains open in the conduct of the investigations“.”A decision on the direction of the procedure will be taken at the end of police custody“, concludes the prosecutor.

Friday, the suspect presented himself at the Choisy-le-Roi police station to say that he had just “to hurt“to a child in his care. The man then clarified”that he had strangled her” before showing the photo of a little boy and giving the address where he had left the body. The man “who showed signs of alcoholism“was then taken into custody for”attempted homicide of a 15-year-old minor“.

Strangulation marks and bruises

The police went to the scene. They noted the presence of local residents who had also raised the alarm. As for the victim, she was “discovered on the public highway, between two cars“The child’s head.”was wrapped in a plastic bag“. Of the “traces of beatings and strangulation“were also noted. The child was treated by emergency services and taken to hospital. His vital prognosis is “always committed“this Saturday evening, specifies the prosecution.

According to the investigation, the police managed to identify the child thanks to a call made in the evening by “parents of a seven year old boy“The latter reported the disappearance.”of their son and his babysitter” upon returning to their home, located at “more than three km from the place where the victim was discovered“. The parents “shocked“also confirmed”that they had regularly entrusted their child to the accused for three years, with complete confidence“.