Illustrative photo of police cars. – THOMAS SAMSON / AFP
A few days after the death on Saturday of an 11-year-old child who had taken narcotics in Villeurbanne (Rhône), the investigation quickly moved forward.
Progress thus indicates this Thursday that the parents of the victim, who lived with him in a squat located near the concert hall of the Transbordeur, in the metropolis of Lyon, were referred Tuesday to the prosecution. A judicial investigation was opened against them, in particular for the use of narcotics and aggravated manslaughter.
Both were indicted and in pre-trial detention, while the first elements of the investigation indicate that the boy died of a heroin overdose. Investigations are continuing to find out whether the child accidentally or intentionally ingested the drugs the day before his death.