Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credits: FRED TANNEAU / AFP 19:44 pm, May 06, 2023

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 in the Pas-de-Calais. Among these people are a couple and the grandmother of the baby, said the Bethune prosecutor's office. Three of them were detained, he added.

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 in the Pas-de-Calais, we learned Saturday from the Bethune prosecutor's office, 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.

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The body was discovered hidden on the edge of a field in a can deposited several months ago in the town of Huclier, a source close to the case told AFP in April. The investigation was entrusted to the Lille Research Section and a judicial investigation opened.