Overview

• The four-month-old was airlifted to CHRU de Nancy in critical condition on July 21 and died shortly thereafter.
• A forensic autopsy confirmed the infant’s death resulted from injuries inflicted by a third party.
• Parquet de Metz opened a judicial investigation on July 23 into the circumstances of the baby’s death.
• On July 24, the parents were formally indicted on charges of voluntary violence causing infirmity, murder of a minor and failure to fulfill parental obligations and placed in provisional detention.
• The case has raised scrutiny of child protection procedures after the infant, hospitalized in April for a fracture and under judicial custody until July 11, was returned to his parents days before his death.