Overview
- Investigators uncovered the body of a newborn buried in the couple’s garden at La Chapelle-Palluau on August 10, triggering a criminal probe.
- On August 12, both were indicted by the juge d’instruction with the man charged for voluntary homicide of a minor and the woman accused of deprivation of care leading to death; he was remanded and she was released under judicial supervision and hospitalized.
- The father has lodged a formal complaint against SAMU-Urgences de France, alleging that the emergency call advisers failed to send help during the mother’s denial of pregnancy.
- SAMU-Urgences de France maintains that its standard call-handling procedures were followed, asserting that no information indicated the caller was pregnant.
- Prosecutors are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the infant’s death and any procedural failures, with an autopsy pending to determine the exact cause of death.