Overview
- The couple’s partner discovered what appeared to be human remains while searching their Orange apartment after the woman gave birth at home on Monday and he alerted hospital staff.
- A magistrate opened an inquiry for murder of a minor, ordered an autopsy on the decomposing newborn and laboratory anthropological tests on the bones, and the file was transferred to the Avignon prosecutor’s office.
- The national police’s specialised unit (DCOS) conducted the perquisition that found four sets of infant skeletal remains and one decomposing body stored in boxes, according to prosecutors.
- Child welfare services (ASE) were seized to assess the family, the couple’s two older children have been placed with relatives for urgent evaluation and the newborn born at home has been put into provisional care.
- Prosecutors and experts are examining repeated denial of pregnancy as a possible explanation but have not established cause or responsibility, and final forensic results will determine criminal charges and next legal steps.