An autopsy revealed the twin girls died of dehydration and were underweight
A mother and father have been charged after two 15-month-old twin girls were found dead in their bed while another child is in critical condition in hospital.
At around 1pm on Monday (June 29), emergency services scrambled to Beuvrages, near Valenciennes (Nord), in north France, to reports the two girls were unresponsive.
The mother and father, who live in social housing at the Société immobilière du Grand Hainaut (SIGH), had reportedly made the call that they found the girls unresponsive. An autopsy, performed on Tuesday (June 30), confirmed the girls died of dehydration and were also underweight, reports The Daily Star.
Their four other children in the house, aged three, four, five and six, were also found to be suffering from dehydration. According to RTL, one of the siblings has been airlifted from the home and remains in a critical condition in hospital.
The parents reportedly found the twins dead in bed and were allegedly in a state of rigor mortis, sources in France have claimed.
Valenciennes prosecutor’s office said the parents were formally charged and remain in custody. The siblings of the deceased twins have all been taken into care by Child Welfare Services.
According to LeParisien, the prosecutor’s office stated that the family “was not under the supervision of a juvenile court judge” and no report had been filed.
The parents reportedly told police that they had put the girls to bed on Sunday evening (June 28) at around 7pm. They were next found dead 18-hours later.
According to the mayor of Beuvrages, the family had recently moved in about two months ago.
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