the public prosecutor’s office opens a judicial investigation into the murder of a minor under the age of fifteen

He requires a warrant against the mother, with a view to indictment.

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Illustration of a gendarme, in Paris, August 28, 2023. (JEAN-MICHEL DELAGE / HANS LUCAS / AFP)

After the death of a three-month-old infant on Wednesday, the Evry public prosecutor’s office opened on Friday October 27, “a judicial investigation into the charge of murder of a minor under the age of fifteen”, Franceinfo learned from the prosecutor. He requested that it be awarded “a warrant for the mother” of the child, with a view to indictment.

A little girl was hospitalized Wednesday evening at the Fontainebleau hospital center (Seine-et-Marne), after being shot in the chest. It was her father who showed up at the hospital with the infant, explaining that he found her injured at home. His partner was found the same evening, shot and injured near an equestrian center, according to the public prosecutor. Despite the care provided, the little girl died in the evening.

Request for psychiatric follow-up

According to the Evry prosecutor, the custody of the baby’s father and one of his friends was lifted on Friday. The vital prognosis of the infant’s mother, aged 39, is no longer in jeopardy. Placed in police custody on charges of murder of a minor under the age of fifteen in a hospital environment, she was able to be heard on Thursday, during a very brief hearing where, in the presence of her lawyer, she made use of her right to silence.

Given his state of health, a measure of psychiatric care was taken by decision of the State representative. specifies the prosecutor. The investigating judge now seized will be responsible in particular for determining precisely the circumstances of the commission of these facts. adds the magistrate.


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