The police are in charge of the investigation - FRED SCHEIBER / 20 MINUTES

The autopsy to be performed on Tuesday on the body of the newborn could help remove the gray areas surrounding his death. Sunday, around 8:30 p.m., an infant was found dead in a plastic bag, floating on the banks of the Loire in Roanne.

According to Le Progrès which reveals this affair, walkers made this macabre discovery by opening a black plastic bag which floated in the water hung in branches, in a natural area closed to the public because of confinement. It would be a newborn female, according to the regional daily.

Murder investigation

The Roanne public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the murder of a minor under the age of fifteen, entrusted to the police. An autopsy must be performed Tuesday to try to determine the causes of death of the baby and date the time of death. This will include finding out if the child is stillborn or if he was killed, according to the prosecution, for which "all possibilities are open. "

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