When she was facing the police, her hearing lasted nine hours. The time it took for no detail to escape investigators. This Wednesday, at the Assize Court of Val-de-Marne in Créteil, Eva's mother, who died of the shaken baby syndrome in Fontenay, once again found the strength to express herself. And, faced with the nurse accused of having killed the child, it took courage to come back to this drama that has shattered his life and that of his spouse. "I will do it for Eva," she clung to the bar.
This late afternoon in October 2016, she returned with her 3-year-old son to her apartment where her 8-month-old daughter, another child and the nanny who looked after them were staying. In the street, there are firefighters and the Samu. The guardian's cries panic. The mom rushes home. “My daughter was lying on the floor. I recognized her with her striped shirt. "
A firefighter immediately takes charge of the mother. She finds herself in a room with the nurse and the other child. “The accused told me that she had felt Eva leave in her arms. She was not panicked. I thought my daughter had had a heart attack. " The baby's health is critical. He is taken to hospital.
"The nightmare continues"
All night long, mom and dad watch their child. Her heart is still beating. “I remember that I prayed. The doctors really did everything they could. And there was the question of organ donation. “It was the body of our little girl, manages to articulate the mom. But we could save a life… ”. That night, she calls the nanny to get details of what happened. "I didn't get it."
The next day, life is supposed to go on. “Eva's big brother wants to play. But with my spouse, we cannot play, we cannot prepare food. We do not care. The nightmare continues. It will continue our whole life. ”
When the parents understand that the nanny is suspected of having killed their child, the pain becomes unbearable because it is coupled with a feeling of guilt. "We realize that we put Eva in the arms of this criminal". But who could suspect such a thing? Obviously, looking back, she remembers episodes. The SMS message, - "As if I were not able to take care of a child" -, which she receives when she announces to the nanny that her trial period is renewed. Eva's photos sent by the nurse: "She almost never smiled". And there is this blue on the cheek. "It was the last signal. We should have ... ”The mom can't finish.
"We have the impression that you felt manipulated", reminds the president. "We were too nice," analyzes the mother. We didn't want to embarrass her too much. The family, like that of the other child who was being looked after, did not know that in 2011, the nanny had already been involved in a mistreatment case. In the second investigation, which concerned the other baby in the care of the maternal assistant, the juvenile brigade had concluded that an accident had occurred, the court was told.
"It's all the beauty of things in life that has gone"
Today, parents are just waiting for one thing: "to know what really happened". "We can imagine everything," sighs the mother. Even the worst. But at least, when we know a reality we can face it. By clinging to the idea that existence must continue. "Anyway, after what happened to us, the beauty of things in life went away."
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This Thursday afternoon, the nurse's personality was to be examined. The verdict is expected this Friday. The accused faces thirty years' imprisonment.
