Her family noticed a foul smell in the house but assumed it came from sewage.
Trigger warning: this post deals with accounts of incest.
The story of France’s most horrific infanticide case has taken a turn as the accused reveals she was a victim of abuse and incest.
Dominique Cottrez is currently on trial for murdering eight of her own newborn babies. This week, she revealed she killed the children because she feared they were a product of a sexual relationship with her father.
Ms Cottrez was first raped by her father at the age of eight.
She told the courts the frequent assaults continued into her teenage years and adulthood, becoming more and more commonplace as the years ticked on.
Eventually, she says, the relationship became “consensual”.
The details of this incestuous relationship were revealed to a French court this week, where Ms Cottrez, 51, is charged with multiple counts of infanticide.
Ms Cottrez’s crimes were first discovered in 2010 when the owners of the old Cottrez residence discovered a small body buried in the backyard.
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A police search uncovered the body of another baby, prompting authorities to pursue the former owners of this residence.
It didn’t take long for Ms Cottrez to confess to her crimes. After conducting a search of the Cottrezes’ current home, police found six more babies in garbage bags scattered throughout the residence.
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