Another child has been airlifted to hospital from the home and remains in critical condition
Horror has unfolded at a commune where two twin infant girls were discovered dead and their four siblings found suffering from dehydration.
Police have charged the parents of the 15-month-old twin girls after emergency services were called to Beuvrages, near Valenciennes (Nord), France, at around 1pm on Monday (June 29) where the girls were found dead in their bed. It is reported the twins were already in a state of rigor mortis when paramedics arrived.
An autopsy on Tuesday has revealed the twin sisters died of dehydration and were also underweight at the time of their death, reports The Daily Star. Their four siblings who also lived in the house, aged three, four, five and six, were also found to be suffering from dehydration.
According to RTL, one of the siblings is currently in a critical condition in hospital after being airlifted from the home.
It is reported the mother and father, who live in social housing at the Société immobilière du Grand Hainaut (SIGH), had made the call to emergency services after reportedly finding the twins dead in bed.
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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