A 37-year-old woman was in police custody on Tuesday after the discovery on Monday evening of the body of a newborn baby in a sports bag that was floating in a canal in Grande-Synthe (North), we learned from of the Dunkirk prosecutor's office. The medical examiner came to the scene on Monday evening, but at this stage "it was not possible to determine whether the child was born at term or whether it was premature" or "the date of death", the prosecution told AFP, confirming information from Phare Dunkirk .
An investigation was opened for "research of the causes of death" and "criminal investigations are underway" in particular to try to seek "the filiation of this infant". An autopsy should take place soon to identify "the stage of maturity of this child" and "determine the causes of death".
These are children "who carried out the repatriation of the bag on the bank" while it "was stagnant in the water", added the prosecution. Upon discovering its contents, a child warned his mother who herself "called the police." Placed in police custody at around 9 a.m., a 37-year-old woman living in the Dunkirk conurbation was still heard by investigators on Tuesday evening, the prosecutor's office said, confirming information from La Voix du Nord , without further details.
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