Overview
- A family member discovered one body Tuesday in a home in Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont, and police then found a second infant in the same freezer.
- The 50-year-old told investigators she had concealed pregnancies and secretly gave birth at home in 2011 and 2018 before placing the newborns in the freezer.
- She was arrested Wednesday in Boulogne-Billancourt after leaving the household in December, according to officials.
- Authorities say the precise timing of the freezing and the causes of death remain to be determined by forensic examination.
- Local reports say the woman has multiple other children and the family had lived in the village for about two decades, and the mayor said the community is stunned.