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E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

  • A five-month-old child was found lifeless in the canal on Friday and his 41-year-old father hanged in a hotel in Auxerre (Yonne).

  • The nurse and the mother had not managed to reach the father, who had left without his cell phone, without a bottle, but with some effects for the infant.

  • The man's mother and those around the man did not report any known marital or psychiatric problems.

The autopsy of the baby, found dead Friday in a canal, near Gallargues-le-Montueux (Gard) will be performed on Monday.

The prosecution opened an investigation for "murder of a minor under 15".

It was entrusted to the gendarmerie.

This five-month-old child was found lifeless in the canal on Friday and his 41-year-old father hanged in a hotel in Auxerre (Yonne), Nîmes prosecutor Eric Maurel said. Friday.

It was the baby's nanny who had reported the disappearances when the father had to drop the little boy at her home, Thursday morning, in the Vauvert sector (Gard).

An investigation for "worrying disappearances" was then opened.

A "completely normal" family

The nurse and the mother had not managed to reach the father, who had left without his cell phone, without a bottle, but with some effects for the infant.

A vast research device, in particular with helicopters, had been activated on Thursday.

But on Friday morning, the father was found hanged in a hotel room in Auxerre.

And at the beginning of the afternoon, walkers saw a baby seat floating on a canal, near Gallargues-le-Montueux.

The child's body was found nearby.

The man's mother and those around the man did not report any known marital or psychiatric problems.

"It is a completely normal family", commented the prosecutor, specifying that the man was "not described as violent and not known to justice".

The man left a letter in which he "apologizes" to his companion and wrote "I will go to hell", said the prosecutor, evoking the hypothesis of a "delusional puff".

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