Two girls aged 5 and 7 were hospitalized and then entrusted to social assistance for children (ASE) after spending several days near the body of their mother who died of natural causes in an apartment in Le Mans, we have learned this Saturday from the prosecution. It was the heads of schools who reported to the police and the prosecution the prolonged absence of the two girls, attending nursery and elementary school. On Wednesday, the police went to the family apartment, in the popular Sablons district of Le Mans.
“We must not make noise, mom is sleeping,” replied the girls, according to the prosecution, confirming information from the daily Maine Libre. The police insisted and then found their mother’s body. Born in 1990 in Côte d’Ivoire and suffering from health problems, the woman died of natural causes, according to the results of the autopsy ordered by the prosecution. “His death would go back more than forty-eight hours” but not several weeks, said Le Mans prosecutor Delphine Dewailly, citing a “dramatic” case.
The two girls were taken to hospital for food and a medical examination. Then the public prosecutor’s office issued a temporary placement order to entrust them to social assistance for children. “We eliminated the criminal thesis,” said Ms. Dewailly. “We are now going to give ourselves a few days to try to collect the testimony of the little girls. »Psychological support has been set up for them.