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Prosecutor Seeks 18-Year Sentence for Aurélie Samperez in Avignon Freezer Baby Trial

The request treats the two deaths under different charges to reflect distinct circumstances.

Overview

  • The prosecutor asked for 18 years in prison, classifying one death as murder and the other as a failure to provide care that led to death.
  • Forensic experts told the court both infants were born alive but could not determine the precise causes of death or whether freezing occurred before or after death.
  • Medical findings challenged the mother's account that a fall on the stairs killed the first baby who lived two days.
  • Aurélie Samperez testified that she never intended to kill the babies, saying she panicked, lost control, and later placed the bodies in the freezer.
  • Psychiatrists described dissociation during one birth and a paradoxical urge to both erase and preserve the children, with the verdict expected next.