Overview
- Investigators say a man alerted gendarmes on Feb. 10 after a relative found a baby’s body in a freezer at a home in Aillevillers‑et‑Lyaumont, where a second newborn was then discovered.
- A 50‑year‑old woman was arrested in Boulogne‑Billancourt on Feb. 11 and acknowledged being the mother, saying she delivered at home, concealed the pregnancies, and placed the infants in the freezer.
- She has been formally charged with murder of minors and placed in pretrial detention after an initial custody for suspected assassination that prosecutors did not retain.
- The suspect told investigators she could not precisely date the births, placing them roughly between 2011 and 2018, as forensic work now seeks to narrow the timeline and determine cause of death.
- The investigation is being run by the Lure and Besançon gendarmerie units; the male partner who raised the alarm was questioned but faces no charges at this stage.