A 30-year-old man was indicted Friday, September 3 in Saint-Etienne, suspected of being involved in the death of his two-month-old son on Thursday, AFP learned from the city's public prosecutor's office.
Living in Sury-le-Comtal (Loire), the respondent admitted having shaken the child in his care, indicating that it was to try to wake him up following a malaise, we have added from same source.
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Indicted for "
willful violence resulting in death without intention of giving it, committed by an ascendant on a minor under 15
", the father was released under judicial supervision by the judge of freedoms and detention "
while the prosecution had requested
pre-
trial detention,
”Saint-Etienne public prosecutor David Charmatz told AFP.
On Wednesday, the suspect had called the emergency services for the care of his little boy who was in a coma.
Hospitalized at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital, the child died the next day.
The boy's mother, absent at the time of the facts, was exonerated.