Vanille kidnapping: the girl found dead in Angers, the mother confirmed that she had given death to her child

Vanille, the one-year-old girl kidnapped by her mother in Angers, was found dead late Sunday afternoon in a garbage bin in Angers, the Angers public prosecutor told AFP.

“The mother confirmed to us that she had killed her child on Friday even before the time at which she was to hand it over to the Social Aid for Children (ASE) representative. The forensic scientists arrived on the scene and found the body a few minutes ago, “said Eric Bouillard, adding that police custody was continuing for” murder of a minor by ascendant “.

According to the prosecutor, who spoke to the press, Nathalie Stéphan, 39, who suffers from psychiatric disorders and is undergoing treatment, spoke in his custody of “choking or strangulation”, which did not not yet been confirmed by the medical examiner.

“She gave very little explanation for her gesture. After a long period of trust with the investigators, she agreed to tell them where the body was and drove them to this place,” he added, stating that the abduction alert system triggered on Saturday evening had ended.

“The moment when the mother gave death to her child, she places it on Friday. Friday at the very beginning of the afternoon she is indeed still accompanied by her child and from the middle of the afternoon, she doesn t ‘is more, “said the prosecutor, who relies on video surveillance devices.

Ms. Stephan had been staying for a year in the Angers maternal center, a home for pregnant women and single mothers. Her daughter had been placed in social welfare for children (ASE) and placed in a foster family by the children’s judge, but she could continue to see her mother regularly during a given time during the week.

The mother left the home Friday at 11:00 a.m. and should have brought her daughter at 5:30 p.m. to her child welfare worker.

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