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2mo ago

Two-Year-Old Found Dead in Marseille as Prosecutors Open Formal Judicial Inquiry

Because the autopsy could not determine whether the death was accidental or caused by a third party, prosecutors placed the case with a specialized division to use broader investigative powers.

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Le garçonnet se trouvait au domicile familial, cité des Marronniers dans le 14e arrondissement de Marseille.
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Overview

  • The boy was found dead in a Marseille apartment after a nap, with reports saying he was hanging from a blind cord and that his bed had been close to the window on Sunday, August 2.
  • The autopsy did not establish whether the death was an accident or the result of third-party action, prompting the Marseille parquet to open an information judiciaire to preserve a wide range of legal options.
  • Investigators assigned the file to the Division de la criminalité organisée et spécialisée after noting several older minor injuries on the child and describing the household as materially precarious and unsanitary.
  • Police placed the mother, her partner and an adolescent relative in garde à vue for questioning; the partner was later released while the mother faces a separate investigation for failure of parental obligations and reported court control measures.
  • A separate case in Nice involved a 59-year-old father who confessed to killing his 17-year-old son and attempted suicide, and prosecutors there are preparing an information judiciaire for assassination.