Two children, aged 1 and 4, were discovered decapitated in their home on the night of Monday, November 4 to Tuesday, November 5, in Sainte-Rose (Basse-Terre), in Guadeloupe, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned. Pointe – Pitre Prosecutor’s Office, confirming information from RCI Guadalupe.
Arrested, the children’s mother was initially taken into police custody, then released due to incompatibility and hospitalized in a psychiatric unit, according to the same source. an investigation for “murder by ascendancy of minors under 15 years of age” was opened, added Caroline Calbo, prosecutor of Pointe-à-Pitre.
According to a source close to the case, the husband alerted the gendarmes around 3:30 a.m. (local time, 8:30 a.m. in Paris) after discovering the bodies of the two children. Found shortly after, the mother, in her forties, made incoherent comments and was unable to clearly explain the reasons for her actions, the same source stated.
In a state of shock, the father was treated by emergency services, according to RCI Guadalupe (Radio Caraibes International). The investigation was entrusted to the investigation brigade of the Pointe-à-Pitre gendarmerie.
