Overview
- The 31-year-old was placed in pretrial detention on Sunday after acknowledging in custody that she drowned her baby in a bathtub.
- She was indicted on suspicion of murdering a child under 15 following her presentation to an investigating judge.
- The father alerted emergency services after receiving a message from his partner and had earlier left the home following a dispute.
- Gendarmes found the child dead at the Bayeux residence and arrested the mother shortly after as she fled on foot.
- Reports differ on the infant’s age, and authorities say the mother is under legal curatorship with the couple under guardianship oversight.