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He was four and a half years old and died Friday of a head trauma. Three days after Theo's death in the pediatric emergency department of the Rennes University Hospital, his father and his companion were imprisoned on the night of Sunday to Monday, we learned from the Rennes prosecution.

Living in Dol-de-Bretagne, not far from Saint-Malo, the 28-year-old man and his partner, aged about 20, were indicted for "violence resulting in death without intention of giving it on minors under 15 years old and usual violence against minors under 15 years old by ascendant or person having authority ”. Contacted, the public prosecutor of Rennes Philippe Astruc refuses to comment on this drama which occurred on Friday.

The hypothesis of an "act of violence" is favored

The firefighters were called at the end of the day to take care of the child "in a state of brain death", who died shortly after his arrival at the CHU. The father and his partner, who is not the child's biological mother, were taken into police custody on Friday evening. The hypothesis of an “act of violence” is favored by the investigators to explain the boy's death.

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