Overview
- Emergency services discovered the child dead at the family home after the 31-year-old reportedly phoned her partner saying she had drowned the baby.
- The suspect fled on foot but was arrested shortly after in Bayeux and placed in police custody, authorities said.
- A formal judicial investigation for murder of a minor under 15 has been opened, according to the Caen prosecutor.
- Prosecutors say a dispute within the couple is believed to be at the origin of the incident, with the motive still under examination.
- The prosecutor said the woman is under a curatorship measure, and local outlets report conflicting ages for the infant and say the child was found clothed in a bathtub.