When the gendarmes arrived, the mother recognized the facts (illustration).

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E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

A three-year-old girl was found dead Thursday morning at her home in Lozanne (Rhône), where her mother admitted to the gendarmes having stabbed her, we learned from the Villefranche-sur-Saône prosecutor.

Around 6 a.m., the girl's father, awakened by the child's crying, rushed into the room where he found the mother, prostrate, a knife in her hand, and with several wounds on the waist , said prosecutor Sylvain Cordesse.

The father of the family took refuge with neighbors, carrying his blood-covered daughter in his arms.

Alerted, the emergency services failed to revive the little girl, added Sylvain Cordesse, confirming information from Lyonmag.com.

Shortly before, the gendarmes had also been called by the maternal grandmother, who had just been informed by her daughter by telephone that she had killed her child.

A separation in sight

On the arrival of the gendarmes, the mother acknowledged in a few words the facts before being hospitalized to be operated on for her injuries, according to the prosecutor.

The father, shocked, explained that he had recently asked for the separation and sole custody of his daughter, "which could explain the passage to the act", estimated Sylvain Cordesse, adding that the family had not been reported for particular educational difficulties.

The first findings on the victim's body revealed two types of wounds, while a knife and a pair of scissors were found at the scene.

An autopsy is due on Friday.

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