Five people were indicted after the discovery in April of the lifeless body of an infant in a can at the edge of a field in Huclier (Pas-de-Calais), we learned Saturday from the prosecutor's office of Bethune, confirming information from La Voix du Nord.

Among those people are a couple and the baby's grandmother, the prosecutor's office said. Three of them were detained, he added.

Body concealed at the edge of a field

The body was discovered hidden on the edge of a field in a can deposited several months ago in the town of Huclier, said in April a source close to the file to AFP.

The investigation was entrusted to the Lille Research Section and a judicial investigation opened.