It is a story in which there are still many gray areas.
On Saturday January 16 in the middle of the afternoon, the municipal police of Olivet, a town in the southern suburbs of Orleans, was called urgently by a resident.
The latter then claims to hear muffled noises but also cries, all coming from the apartment of one of his neighbors, as
a judicial source
explained to
Figaro on
Monday January 18, confirming information from the
Central Republic
.
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From this apartment and before the arrival of the municipal agents, a man finally comes out.
Panicked, he carries a child in his arms.
A young boy of five, naked and unconscious.
As he descends the stairs of the building, the man - who we will quickly identify as the child's stepfather - meets a neighbor on the second floor who had come out, alerted earlier by the noises .
The father-in-law decides to hand the child over to this neighbor before going up
"to look for his wife and his baby"
, according to a judicial source.
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But the stepfather did not return.
He fled with his partner and their baby.
Meanwhile, the neighbor who picked up the child found that the child was in serious condition.
After trying to provide first aid, he decided to alert the emergency.
It was therefore unconscious and with
"a vital prognosis"
that the five-year-old was initially transported to the regional hospital of Orléans-la-Source.
Several Orleans police officers subsequently went to the apartment of the fleeing family.
They ended up arresting the young boy's mother, who had gone to the hospital to see her son.
A few minutes later, the father-in-law was also arrested in his car in the parking lot of the hospital center.
With him, the couple's baby.
It is 6:50 p.m. when the two individuals are taken to the police station and taken into custody.
The worrying state of health of the boy also justified his transfer in the evening to the children's hospital in Tours.
“He suffers from serious traumatic intracranial injuries, caused by a recent episode of violence.
His body also bears traces of numerous lesions and scars, as well as bone fractures, evoking repeated violence over time, caused by one or more third parties, ”
Emmanuelle Bochenek-Puren, the public prosecutor, explained in a statement Monday. from Orleans.
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And the magistrate to specify that
"two temporary placement orders were taken in order to entrust the legal custody of the minor victim to the social assistance to the children of Loiret, and to ensure the protection and the necessary care for an infant. of 4 months, child of the arrested couple who lived at their home ”.
Monday afternoon, the couple's police custody was still in progress.
A judicial investigation was opened of the counts of "willful violence having led to a permanent disability committed on a minor of 15 years by person in authority", "voluntary abstention from preventing a crime or an offense against the integrity of a minor of 15 years. years ”, and“ no denunciation of a crime ”.
The two accused were presented Monday before the investigating judge, and are the subject of requisitions for the purposes of provisional detention by the prosecution.