The little girl, who was found in cardiorespiratory arrest on Sunday at her home in Bondy, died Tuesday morning. His father has been in police custody since the child’s death.
An 8-year-old girl, found in cardiorespiratory arrest on Sunday at her home in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis), died Tuesday morning and her father was placed in police custody, we learned from the public prosecutor’s office. Bobigny and a source close to the investigation. The investigation, initially opened on the charge of violence against a 15-year-old minor by ascendant, switched to an investigation on the count of murder on a 15-year-old minor. It is entrusted to the Territorial Security of Seine-Saint-Denis, said the prosecutor’s office.
Emergency services were called late Sunday afternoon and transported the child to hospital when she was already in cardiorespiratory arrest, said the source close to the investigation. The father, aged 49, was present at the time of the incident. He was arrested on the spot because “he presented sufficient evidence to justify placement in police custody”, continued this source. No details have been given at this stage on the circumstances of the events which led to the death of the little girl.
In 2023, more than 60 children were killed by their parents, according to La Voix de l’Enfant, an association which carries out a count based on cases reported in the media. A report submitted to the government in 2019 estimated that a child was killed every five days.