Overview

• The mother arrived at Châteaubriant hospital with her 8-month-old already deceased, prompting an immediate alert to gendarmes.
• An autopsy reported a major physiological degradation of the infant, consistent with severe neglect.
• Four siblings, including the deceased baby's twin, were placed in protective care after CHU de Nantes exams found extreme physiological deterioration and highly degraded sanitary states.
• A search of the family home uncovered extreme insalubrity and famished domestic animals, according to the prosecutor.
• An investigating judge was seized for the alleged crime of neglect causing death, which carries a potential 30-year sentence, and prosecutors requested that both parents be remanded in custody.