Mantes-la-Ville: an 11-month-old baby found dead in a bucket. “The investigation revealed the existence, in West African culture, of a practice of force-feeding children”
A resident of Mantes-la-Ville was taken into police custody last Tuesday before being indicted and placed under judicial supervision. This mother is suspected of having “force-fed” her son using a traditional method.
It's the kind of tragedy from which we never recover. A resident of Mantes-la-Ville was indicted and placed under judicial supervision, because investigators suspect her of having “excessively force-fed” her newborn. The information, revealed by Valeurs Actuelles, was confirmed to us by a police source from the department.
The eleven-month-old baby, naked in a bucket, suffocated on November 25, while his mother was feeding him in the bathroom. Unfortunately, the emergency services were only able to note the death of the child.