Summary A British mother was arrested Saturday after her five-month-old baby was found dead in France
BAYONNE, France, Sept 3, 2016 (AFP) - A British mother was arrested Saturday after her five-month-old baby was found dead during a family holiday in southwest France, a judicial official said.
According to preliminary information, the woman in her thirties and her husband were staying with their two children, the baby and a-three-year old, at a holiday home in Saint-Pee-sur-Nivelle, in the Bayonne area.
Saturday was the last day of their week-long holiday and the father woke up early and left the bedroom which all four were apparently sharing, according to the official from the Bayonne prosecutor s office.
The mother only got up later, around 9 am (0700 GMT) and it was then that the father discovered that the baby was dead and alerted the emergency services.
"The suspect death of a baby was discovered at the scene" and police enquiries quickly focussed on the mother, who was arrested, deputy prosecutor Marc Mariee told AFP.
A post-mortem will be carried out next week.
