Overview
- Prosecutors in Leipzig opened an investigation on suspicion of manslaughter after the woman presented herself to police.
- The deceased boy was discovered on February 27 in the baby hatch at Klinikum St. Georg in north Leipzig.
- Criminal police and the prosecutor’s office are continuing inquiries into the cause and circumstances of death, and police are still seeking witnesses.
- Preliminary findings indicate the infant was already dead when placed in the hatch, with no visible external injuries reported.
- Forensic examinations are underway to determine whether the child was born alive, and no arrest warrant has been requested at this stage.