A one -year -old child and his father found dead in Franconville, possible infanticide – liberation

A one-year-old child and his 42-year-old father were found dead at their home in Franconville (Val-d'Oise) Friday February 28 in the evening, suggesting an infanticide. The man, suspected of having killed the little girl, would then have committed suicide, informed a police source and the prosecution. « The man had locked himself in the bathroom with his child »indicates the police source which adds that « The mother, present in the apartment, was praying when she heard noises ».

The woman tried in vain to enter the room and called the police services, who arrived at the scene around 8:30 p.m. The little girl was found lifeless, « Carrying several stabbing wounds »probably « Handed by his father who then killed himself »explains this same source.

The couple had married in 2022 in Franconville and history of domestic violence had been the subject of legal follow -up in 2023 and 2024, the police source said. The mother, born in 1984, was placed in police custody « To ensure that you can dismiss it from any responsibility » In this crime, said the Pontoise prosecutor's office.

Also present in the apartment at the time of the facts, his 10 -year -old boy, born from a previous union, was taken care of at the hospital, following the procedure for children witnessing serious violence committed within a couple, said the deputy public prosecutor, Luc Pelerin. The investigation opened for homicide by ascendant was entrusted to the Val-d'Oise judicial police.

In 2023, « Nine infanticides have been committed in a context of marital conflict » (12 in 2022), according to the latest figures from the Ministry of the Interior.