The newborn was found Monday by a jogger in a trash bag. The autopsy revealed that the child was born full term and had no malformations.
This Thursday, the Roanne public prosecutor's office announced the opening of a murder investigation following the autopsy of a newborn baby found Monday by a jogger in a trash bag in Mably (Loire). The latter, carried out on December 31, revealed that the child, male contrary to the first indications provided by the investigation, “was of a size and weight compatible with a full-term birth and had no malformations indicating that he was not born viable”explained the public prosecutor of Roanne Xavier Laurent.
“Additional examinations have been ordered to try to determine the date and cause of his death”added the magistrate. Stating that the body had been “hidden in a black plastic bag and submerged”Xavier Laurent indicates that the investigation into the causes of death has been reclassified as an investigation into the murder of a minor under 15 years old. The head of the Roanne public prosecutor's office also invites holders of “testimony that may be useful to the investigation, in particular to determine the time and circumstances of abandonment of the body” to contact the judicial police service in charge.
Monday shortly before 1 p.m., the infant's lifeless body was discovered in a trash bag by a jogger in the town of Mably, along the greenway that runs along the canal.
