A 5-month-old baby died in Caen (Calvados). Two people were taken into custody: his mother and a man of around 25 years old who is believed to be his father.
Thursday April 4, 2024, the body of a 5-month-old baby was discovered lifeless in an apartment at 11 rue de Bourgogne, in Caen (Calvados), in the Chemin-Vert district according to information from Ouest France. Two people were arrested, the Caen prosecutor’s office said on Thursday evening. The police were called in the afternoon to go to the scene, and according to the daily, the two people taken into custody are the father and mother of the infant.
“The criminal hypothesis is confirmed”
On site, the Caen public prosecutor confirmed the death of the baby after the discovery of the body around “4:30 p.m., 5 p.m.”. It was the baby’s mother who called for help. She was then taken into custody to be questioned, along with the supposed father, a man of around 25 years old. “The criminal hypothesis is confirmed. Initial elements suggest that violence took place” on the infant indicates the magistrate, still with Ouest France.
The baby’s mother “under the influence”?
To observe the death of the infant, the police intervened in a residential area of Caen dating from the 1970s where a rather modest population lives. On site, the baby’s great-grandmother indicated that her “little girl was under the influence”. “She didn’t want to see anyone, even her mother, she didn’t want to let her in” she explains in the columns of Ouest France. Now, a forensic examination must be carried out on the baby’s body in the coming days to try to determine the causes of death.