The death of the two newborns found in a freezer in Bédoin (Vaucluse) is "
not of natural origin
", assured Monday, December 5 to AFP the prosecutor of Avignon Florence Galtier, specifying that the two babies were indeed "
viable
" after delivery.
The autopsy, carried out at the forensic institute of the Nîmes hospital, showed that they were two little girls who were born and breathed.
However, it is impossible to know whether they lived for a few hours or a few days.
"
The two children were viable (...), they were not stillborn children
", continued the Avignon prosecutor, based on an oral report of the autopsy, the written report being expected in the next few days.
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She insisted on the fact that the deaths are “
not of natural origin
”: on one of the two babies, “
a cranial and intracranial trauma
” was thus found and would be the cause of death.
But "
we do not know if it is violence, a fall, a lack of care or something else
," said Ms. Galtier.
The parentage of the child is not known
For the time being, the parentage of the children is not known and "
nothing indicates that they are twins
", added the magistrate.
After the discovery of the two bodies in a freezer on Thursday, a 41-year-old woman, mother of three children, was arrested on the spot, before being indicted and imprisoned on Friday.
His statements “
remain evolving
” and “
very vague
”, specified the prosecutor of Avignon, in charge of the case after the divestiture Friday of the parquet floor of Carpentras because of the criminal qualification of the facts.
It is the call of a man, Wednesday, near the gendarmerie of Mormoiron, which had allowed this macabre discovery, in the rural village of Bédoin, which counts some 3000 inhabitants in the north of Vaucluse and was until then especially known for being the starting point of a mythical ascent of the Tour de France to Mont Ventoux.
No indication was given as to the link between this witness and the family concerned.