A three-month-old girl was found dead Saturday in an apartment in Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis), reveals Le Parisien. The baby was discovered with a large wound on his throat, probably caused by the blade of a knife. His parents were arrested the same evening.

At the scene, the police discovered the body of the infant on the table of the living room. According to his testimony, the mother, "exhausted", stabbed the infant while she was in the room with him. The father, their two other children aged 3 and 11 and the paternal grandparents were present in the apartment.

Postpartum depression?

The potential murder weapon was found in the kitchen and placed under seal. According to the neighborhood, the mother, a housewife, would have had a depression after each birth. She would be followed by a doctor and would take sleeping pills. Both parents were initially taken into custody, but the mother was eventually hospitalized in psychiatry. She is said to be delusional and suffering from severe postpartum depression.

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