The little boy placed with social welfare for children (ASE) in Seine-Saint-Denis because of parental violence, and who had been kidnapped Thursday by his father has been found, said the prefecture of this department on Sunday .
The 8-year-old child was brought by a member of his family Saturday evening to the Neuilly-sur-Marne police station (Seine-Saint-Denis), said the prefecture. He was placed in a home in Seine-et-Marne.
Succession of abductions
The little boy had been kidnapped by his father Thursday " at 4 pm [...] in an emergency home in Villepinte ", in the Paris suburbs, said Friday the Paris police headquarters, which had called for witnesses . He had been placed in this institution on Wednesday, " on the grounds in particular of aggravated violence committed by his father ". They are both from Eastern European countries.
This abduction came a few days after the death of a little girl, Vanille, killed on her first birthday by her mother in Angers.
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Suffering from major psychiatric disorders, the latter had not brought her daughter as planned to the ASE where she was placed, and had suffocated her before abandoning her body in a clothing container. The “kidnapping alert” device had been triggered but had failed for the first time since its creation.
Thursday, the police headquarters also issued a call for witnesses after the abduction in Paris Tuesday of a premature baby by his mother in a Paris hospital.