The tragedy that occurred Wednesday morning in a nursery in the 3rd arrondissement sparked a strong wave of emotion in Lyon, and even far beyond. An 11-month-old girl died after being poisoned by a toxic product. 20 Minutes takes stock of this terrible affair.
What happened on Wednesday June 22 in the morning?
A father dropped off his 11-month-old daughter on Wednesday morning, around 7:45 a.m., at the People & Baby private crèche (Lyon 3rd). Only 15 minutes later, the firefighters were contacted urgently to provide assistance to the child, who was unconscious when they arrived at the establishment. Despite all the resuscitation attempts made, the infant died at the Bron Woman Mother Child Hospital (HFME), where he had been rushed to. The public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on Thursday “on the count of manslaughter”, the first elements supporting the hypothesis of ingestion by the child of a toxic product.
How has the investigation evolved since Wednesday?
The investigation for “manslaughter” took a chilling turn on Friday, since the only childcare assistant present at the nursery at the time of the events, placed in police custody, confessed her responsibility in this tragic death. “Exceeded by the crying of the child, she sprinkled her, then made her ingest a caustic product”, in this case Destop for WC, thus indicated the parquet floor of Lyon to the Progress Friday. The main suspect has therefore been indicted for two days for “intentional homicide of a minor under 15 years old”. On the night of Friday to Saturday, this nursery employee was also placed in pre-trial detention for the murder of the girl.
What do we know about the suspect and the reasons for her terrible gesture?
This is a 27-year-old young woman, holder of a CAEPE, a CAP in early childhood educational support. His lawyer, Maître Philippe Duplan, presented his client as a “fragile” person in Progress. According to him, she had not slept in recent weeks due to the detention of her companion. Philippe Duplan, who is awaiting the psychological and psychiatric expertise of his client, explains that the crèche employee would have “disconnected” and had “a gesture of anger, without the intention of homicide”.
