Overview
- Prosecutors in Lyon announced Monday that her police custody was lifted after her health was deemed incompatible with detention.
- The 35-year-old called emergency services shortly before 6 a.m. Friday and was arrested calmly at her apartment, where a knife was found.
- Authorities say she confessed to fatally stabbing her son at their home in the city’s 8th arrondissement.
- Media reports state she is of Senegalese origin and reportedly has bipolar disorder, details not formally confirmed by prosecutors.
- Local coverage notes the 12-year-old may have had a disability and points to a separate early-December case in the Rhône where a mother was likewise hospitalized.