The prosecutor of the Republic of Chartres, Rémi Coutin, accompanied by Mathieu Bernier, departmental director of public security in Eure-et-Loir, detailed, this Friday, November 12, the progress of the case of the infant found on the public highway , October 15, in Mainvilliers.
Under what circumstances was the baby found?
“On October 15, at 10 pm, the Chartres police services were called by a couple of walkers, who had just discovered an infant in a laundry basket, hidden under a bush, near 27, rue des Bas-Menus , in Mainvilliers, explains the prosecutor. The couple, who were walking their dog, were drawn to crying. “
A call for witnesses is launched after the discovery of a newborn in a laundry basket in Mainvilliers
The police discovered “a living baby, dressed in a bodysuit and pajamas, rolled up in towels stained with dried blood,” explains Rémi Coutin. The infant was taken to the neonatal emergency room at Chartres hospital.
This boy, who weighs 3,420 kg and measures 50 cm, suffers from jaundice. “It is something frequent”, underlines the prosecutor. The baby, named Raphaël by the hospital staff, was declared to the civil status of the town hall of Mainvilliers on October 19 by investigators.
How was the baby’s mother located?
On October 19, the investigators established that “the laundry basket, the pajamas and the bodysuit that the baby was wearing had been purchased on October 14, in an Action store in Louillard, by a 39-year-old woman, domiciled in Chartres, nearby of the place of the discovery of the child ”, relates the prosecutor. On October 21, investigators arrested him at his home. His companion is also placed in police custody.
The investigation into the discovery of a baby in Mainvilliers continues with a tracking dog
What is the profile of this Chartraine?
Already the mother of six children, aged 3 to 18, this 39-year-old woman works in the metropolitan area of Chartres and lives with her partner.
“She is not known to the police or social services. We are not in a deprived social environment. “
Remi Coutin (public prosecutor of Chartres)
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What’s the mother’s version?
“She recognizes being the mother of the infant,” said the prosecutor. “She did not want to believe in her pregnancy and wore loose clothes so that nobody noticed it”, details the prosecutor. Questioned, the companion and the children affirm, according to the prosecutor, that they had not noticed anything.
The woman felt contractions on Monday, October 11, in the evening. The prosecutor details:
“She left her home by car and went to a road in Corancez, where she gave birth alone out of the car. She cut the umbilical cord with scissors that were in a satchel. “
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The mother explained that she had gone home and “left the baby in the trunk of her car” without telling anyone. The companion said “at no time did he suspect that she had given birth”.
The woman’s police custody was interrupted because her psychiatric condition was deemed incompatible with the continuation of the interrogations. On November 5, Chartraine was released from the psychiatric hospital and was again placed in police custody.
Newborn baby found abandoned behind a hedge in Mainvilliers: the mother indicted
She relates that “the baby remained for four days in the trunk of his car and that she went to feed him regularly”, indicates Rémi Coutin. “On October 15, she decided to take the baby out because her ex-boyfriend had to pick up the vehicle. She hid the child behind some bushes. It is estimated that three quarters of an hour passed between the time she got it out of the car and the time the walkers made the discovery. “
DNA expertise establishes “almost certainly” that the mother and her companion are the parents of the child. The woman was indicted for abandonment of a minor under 15 and deprivation of care and support for a minor under 15 by descent. She faces seven years’ imprisonment. She was placed under judicial supervision, with no contact with the infant, who was placed in a nursery.
Helene Bonnet
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