An investigation is underway after the discovery on Monday August 3 of the body of a newborn baby in a sports bag that was floating in a canal in Grande-Synthe (North), the Dunkirk prosecutor's office said on Tuesday, confirming information from the Lighthouse dunkirk.
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The medical examiner came to the scene on Monday evening, but at this stage " it was not possible to determine whether the child was born at term or whether it was premature " or " the date of death ", the prosecution told AFP. An investigation was opened for " research of the causes of death " and " criminal investigations are underway " in particular to try to seek " the filiation of this infant ".
An autopsy should take place soon to identify " the stage of maturity of this child " and " determine the causes of death ". These are children " who carried out the repatriation of the bag on the bank " while it "was stagnant in the water ", added the prosecution. Upon discovering its contents, a child warned his mother who herself " called the police ."