Five people were indicted after the discovery in April of the lifeless body of an infant in a canister at the edge of a field in Huclier (Pas-de-Calais), we learned on Saturday from the public prosecutor's office. Béthune, confirming information from
La Voix du Nord
.
Among these people are a couple and the grandmother of the baby, said the prosecution.
Three of them were incarcerated, he added.
Body concealed at the edge of a field
The body had been discovered hidden on the edge of a field in a can deposited several months ago in the town of Huclier, a source familiar with the matter told AFP in
April
.
The investigation was entrusted to the Lille Research Section and an open judicial investigation.