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The body of a 7-year-old girl was found in the family home in Puy-de-Dôme on Wednesday evening. His mother was beside him, unconscious. She had just separated from the child's father.
The lifeless body of a 7-year-old little girl was discovered in an apartment in Coudes in Puy-de-Dôme between Clermont-Ferrand and Issoire, Wednesday evening. His mother was by his side. Unconscious. Firefighters were able to rescue her and transport her to hospital.
It was the mother's sister, worried about not having any news, who raised the alarm. When the firefighters and the police entered the apartment, around 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, they made the macabre discovery. The little girl died in the bathtub at the home.
No information yet on the circumstances
“It is a priori a family tragedy, but for the moment, we have no information on the circumstances”, indicates to The Mountain the public prosecutor of Clermont-Ferrand Dominique Puechmaille. “I will not communicate further at this stage, as investigations are ongoing.”
Separated from father 15 days ago
The mother was separated from the girl's father. Mother and daughter had moved in around two weeks ago in the town of Coudes. The little girl was still at school in another village, our colleagues specify.
“It's a family that we didn't know yet. The little girl was still at school in La Sauvetat” about 5 km away, specifies the mayor of the town Laurys Le Marrec.
The investigation is being carried out by the Issoire gendarmerie research brigade.
