A couple suspected of having raped and killed their one-and-a-half-month-old daughter in the Eure region was indicted and imprisoned, we learned on Wednesday December 23 from the Evreux prosecutor's office.
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The two suspects admitted the acts of violence but deny the sexual abuse, according to a police source.
The couple, a 36-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman, were taken into custody on Sunday after the death of the infant who, "
according to the first elements of the investigation, suffered physical and sexual violence
" , according to Dominique Puechmaille, prosecutor of Évreux.
A judicial investigation was opened Tuesday.
The facts took place in La Chapelle-Longueville, at the couple's home, a caravan. The Samu found "
bruises on the baby's legs and a major tear in the anus
", according to a police source, who clarified that there was no history of violence on the other two children of the couple, aged 2 and 3. The Rouen SRPJ and the Vernon police station were seized of the investigation. The two suspects were not known to the police.