The tragedy happened in the middle of the night. Around 4 a.m., a mother attempted suicide by jumping out of the window of her apartment, located on the 7th floor of a building in Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine), rue Jean Mermoz, learns 20 minutes from sources close to the case, confirming information from Parisian.
According to our information, she took her two daughters, aged 12 and 4, into her fall. Despite the intervention of firefighters and Samu doctors, the eldest child died on the spot. His younger sister was transported to Necker hospital in relative emergency. Their mother was transferred to the Georges Pompidou European hospital in absolute emergency.
“Painful separation”
The Nanterre public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for “murder” and “attempted murder”, entrusted to the departmental judicial police service. At this stage, the intervention of a third person seems excluded. When help arrived, no one else was in the apartment. There was no sign of a struggle. The window was open, a stool was placed in front of it. Investigators will have to determine in particular whether she pushed the eldest of her daughters before jumping with the youngest.
The investigations will also have to shed light on the reasons which pushed him to commit this act. This woman, who works in a bank agency, recently experienced a “painful separation”, indicates a police source. According to our information, the police found a letter in the apartment in which she explained herself.