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Couple arrested after police find eight dead new-born babies
Police have arrested a couple in their mid-40s after finding the bodies of eight new-born babies in the village of Villers-au-Tertre, in northern France. The couple are to appear before a French investigative magistrate on Thursday.
By News Wires (text)
REUTERS - A 47-year-old woman was placed under official investigation for the suspected killing of eight new-born babies and concealing them in a village in northern France, a judicial source said on Thursday.
The woman and her husband, also in his forties, have been held in custody since the bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags at two different sites in Villers-au-Tertre, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of Paris.
The case could be the worst infanticide in France since a 38-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing six babies at their birth between 2000-2007 in March.
The woman was placed under formal investigation, the first stage before criminal charges, for “voluntary murder of minors under the age of 15,” the source said. The babies were discovered by police on Tuesday in the sleepy village of 650 residents.
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dead babies
How is this so much more outrageous than abortion BEFORE the baby is born?
Looks like the same thing to me. Baby is just a little older.
It is murder either way.
So what!
Who cares if the baby was aborted seconds after birth. It's OK and even laudable if she aborts the baby seconds before birth. What's the difference. Really?
Late abortion
Let's be honest here, if the kids were killed as newborns, its basically late term abortion.
Infantcide
Very sad ... the song "Bless the Beasts and Children, for the They have No Voice in this world."
What's the chance this woman is post-abortive?
What's the chance this woman is post-abortive?
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Woman kills 8 babies
I guess if she had a parial birth abortion the day before going into spontaneous labor, that would have been ok, right? The day before that would have been "her choice", but 24 hours later that's murder. Got it.
Get your math correct
France 24 article: "The case could be the worst infanticide in France since a 38-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing six babies at their birth between 2000-2007 in March."
Voice of logic: No, actually it would be worse; eight is more than six.
Whos Babies?
Her babies? Other peoples babies?
What surprises me is the 38
What surprises me is the 38 year old only got 15 years in prison for killing 6 babies. In the U.S. they would kill that monster and she deserves. 15 years is a joke.
killing babies
How dou you only get 15 years for killing 6 human beings!?