Near Lyon, a living baby found in a garbage bag, his 18-year-old mother in police custody

An infant was found alive Tuesday evening July 27 in a garbage bag in Meyzieu, AFP learned from the town hall of this town in eastern Lyon. "We are shocked by this discovery," reacted the town hall of Meyzieu to AFP. An 18-year-old high school student was taken into custody on Wednesday, the Lyon prosecutor's office said.

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A flagrant investigation was carried out under the charge of “attempted murder of a minor (under) 15 years old”, the prosecution said in a press release. “The child's mother, an 18-year-old high school student living in the family home, is currently in police custody to verify the circumstances of her delivery and the abandonment of the child. The father remains, for the moment, unknown, ”added the prosecution. The circumstances of the arrest of the young mother have not been communicated.

“Abandoned shortly after his birth on July 27 at the end of the afternoon”, the newborn, “female”, was taken care of medically before being “provisionally placed with the services of the social assistance for children time to assess his situation”, according to the same source.

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The child was found by passers-by shortly after 7:30 p.m., in a grove bordered by an avenue in a residential and commercial district, as indicated by the Lyon Mag site, which revealed the case. The baby, one day old according to local media, was quickly taken care of by the firefighters and the Samu, before being transported to the Woman-Mother-Child hospital in Bron (metropolis of Lyon). He was in good health on Tuesday evening and his condition did not require first aid treatment.

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“The services of the Metropolis and the CCAS of the city remain attentive to situations of vulnerability which require support from the community”, indicates the town hall of Meyzieu, which specifies that it is not aware of complaints for disappearance or subtraction of child. A police investigation was opened to establish the circumstances of the infant's abandonment.

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