A young woman was jailed after a newborn was found in a bag at her suburban Paris home, dead and maimed.
The unnamed 21-year-old woman reportedly gave birth in the commune of Stains, which is situated in the Seine-Saint-Denis area in the northern suburbs of the French capital.
The young woman, who lives with her parents, informed two of her acquaintances that she had given birth.
In front of her friends, she allegedly claimed that the infant was stillborn and threatened to dismember it.
The young woman may have given birth on July 17, according to police.
She was reportedly detained on Sunday for committing voluntary homicide on a child under the age of 15.
Doctors labelled her mental state as “fragile” and after being released from the hospital on Monday, she was admitted to a mental health facility.
According to reports, French prosecutors said that they had discovered the newborn “dismembered, in a rucksack, in her room.”
Authorities are looking into whether or not the young woman was aware that she was pregnant and whether she had denial of pregnancy, a condition where a woman is subconsciously aware of her pregnancy but denies it.
Police are looking into whether the young woman’s parents knew about her pregnancy or the possible infanticide.
The inquiry, according to police, is still ongoing.