A picture taken on January 28, 2022 in Ferrieres-en-Brie, southeast of Paris, shows a view of the house of a couple, whose 10-year-old son was found dead in a suitcase. – The mother, 33, was arrested and placed in custody, said the prosecutor of Meaux. She was sought since January 26 evening following the report of her worried companion, and arrested in Choisy-le-Roi, at the home of a family member. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)
BOBIGNY, France — A woman whose ten-year-old son was found dead in a suitcase was on Sunday charged with his murder, French prosecutors said on Sunday.
The 33-year-old woman had failed to “explain the facts” and had been “evasive” during questioning, local prosecutor Laureline Peyrefitte said in a statement.
A post-mortem showed he was “killed with a bladed weapon, like a knife” and had “received multiple fatal blows to the neck and chest”.
Investigators say the boy was likely killed on Wednesday.
His mother is then believed to have moved the body in a suitcase in an attempt to dispose of it before returning to the family home in Ferrieres-en-Brie, to the east of Paris, to clean, the statement said.
Authorities later found blood stains at the property.
The body of a child inside a suitcase was found on Thursday morning 100 meters (320 feet) from where he lived.
The woman was later arrested at the home of her sister 30 kilometers (18 miles) away in possession of a bloodied knife.