Overview
- The discovery came after the woman gave birth at home to a healthy baby on Sunday and was hospitalized, and her partner found what he believed were human remains when he checked the apartment on Monday night.
- Gendarmes recovered four sets of skeletal remains and the cadaver of a fifth infant concealed in cardboard boxes and plastic bags inside the couple's flat in Orange, Vaucluse.
- The Fiscalía de Carpentras opened an investigation for presumed homicide and ordered autopsies and forensic tests to establish whether the infants were born alive and the timing and cause of death.
- The 32‑year‑old mother remains in hospital and has not been questioned, the partner was interviewed and released provisionally, the newborn has been placed under provisional guardianship and the couple's older children were referred to child‑protection services.
- French legal experts say forensic findings on respiration, timing and cause of death will be decisive for any charges and that the case echoes prior French incidents where maternal mental state and denial of pregnancy shaped outcomes.