In Limoges, the Portes Ferrées district was the scene of a dramatic evening on Monday.
A man broke free from the fourth floor and the body of a lifeless infant was discovered in his apartment, a police source reports to
Figaro
, confirming information from
Le Populaire du Center
newspaper
.
The facts took place around 6.30 p.m. The 34-year-old man was seen throwing himself into the void from his building, located at 36 rue Domnolet-Lafarge. The mother then left home to pick up their second child. When she got back to their apartment, she discovered the lifeless body of their 7 month old infant. The couple "
quarreled regularly and the man often returned home alcoholic
", according to neighbors interviewed by France 3 Nouvelle Aquitaine. Others evoke
a "
discreet
"
man
with the
People of the Center
.
A police source tells
Le Figaro
that the child died of a head trauma.
The thesis of a domestic accident, followed by a defenestration is therefore considered by the investigators.
The public prosecutor went there in the evening and an investigation was opened and entrusted to the judicial police and departmental security of Limoges.
The mother was taken to hospital in shock.
