The public prosecutor, Caroline Calbot, and the Commanding General of the Guadeloupe gendarmerie, Christophe Perret, held a press conference this Tuesday evening at the Pointe-à-Pitre judicial court. The aim was to take stock of the first elements of the investigation concerning the double infanticide which took place in Sainte-Rose this Tuesday, November 5 around 3 a.m.
“Given the seriousness of the facts which aroused strong emotion, we wanted to provide an initial point of information but the investigation has only just begun.” It is with these words that the Public Prosecutor, Caroline Calbot, opened the press conference intended to take stock of the investigation concerning the double infanticide which occurred this Tuesday morning around 3 o'clock, in the Boyer district in Sainte-Rose. A neighborhood which found itself in shock upon learning of this horrible tragedy.
- It was the father who alerted the police
The Sainte-Rose gendarmes received a call from the father, returning from his night work, for a missing child at 2:49 a.m. A patrol went to the scene at 3:20 a.m. and upon entering the family's home they discovered the two children aged 1 and 4 and a half years old, decapitated in the bathroom. A bladed weapon was discovered at the scene but at this stage of the investigation the prosecutor did not wish to give details on the type of weapon.
- The mother arrested, in full delirium
At 3:30 a.m., a woman was reported wandering the streets of the town. A second team of gendarmes arrested him at 3:45 a.m. She is completely naked and delirious. She rushes towards the police who will have to use an electric pulse gun to apprehend her. Placed in police custody, she must be taken to the Guadeloupe University Hospital given her condition. She will be hospitalized under restraint in a psychiatric unit.
- No culprit designated at this stage
The mother could not be heard. Observations are underway (toxicological analyses) on his condition. The father, in shock, was heard. He was not placed in police custody and was put in contact with a victim support association. At this stage there is no designated culprit and no responsibilities determined. The investigation is only at its beginning.
- Autopsies of the two victims to come
Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow autopsies will be carried out on the bodies of the two children found decapitated. The investigation was entrusted to the gendarmerie research brigade. The judicial police unit of the territorial police directorate of Guadeloupe has been notified and will support the investigation. Psychological support channels were put in place for everyone present when the children's bodies were discovered.
- Specific methods of murder
Given the terms of this double infanticide, the investigation could take several weeks according to Prosecutor Caroline Calbot. Information points may be produced as progress progresses. “It’s a terrible deal.” concluded General Christophe Perret, commander of the gendarmerie.
