Death of a 4-year-old girl in Amiens: the father-in-law confesses to having beaten him

K.'s father-in-law confessed on Wednesday, November 28th. Placed in custody the day before with his companion, the 31-year-old admitted to blows to the four-year-old girl who died at the CHU Amiens on 24 November. According to the parquet of Amiens, these shots would have been worn "in the days leading up to K.'s hospitalization. "

The unemployed man is known to the police. Sentenced many times, he was wanted by the police since the arrest warrant issued by the court of Amiens on October 12, 2017, as part of his sentencing to 18 months in prison for "repeated death threats and habitual violence"on a former companion, still according to the floor.

K.'s mother, also in police custody, is suspected of "non-reporting of crime and non-badistance to anyone."She is 32 years old and has reportedly been abducting her boyfriend from this arrest warrant by hiding her at home.

The two involved will be brought before an examining magistrate on November 29 for an indictment.

A doubtful testimony

It was the mother and stepfather who drove the girl to the hospital on the night of Wednesday, November 21, to Thursday, November 22. According to their first testimonies, the child had been hit by a car whose driver had fled. K. had a serious head injury and was in serious condition.

But the first elements of the investigation, badociated with the result of the autopsy, have highlighted inconsistencies in parents' explanations. Facts of serious violence on this child were also brought to light by the investigators. Mother and stepfather in custody are suspected of "aggravated willful homicide"and"usual aggravated violence".

The family lives in Amiens. The other four children living in the home, aged 2 to 14, were all temporary placement of the public prosecutor's office on 22 November.