A man suspected of having stabbed a woman and her two-month-old baby in the Jura on Saturday February 4 has been placed in psychiatric care, the Lons-le-Saunier prosecution announced the day after the tragedy.
The infant, who suffers from “disembowelment”is still in a state ” critical “ And “His vital prognosis remains engaged”according to a press release the public prosecutor, Lionel Pascal.
The man, born in 1996, was arrested on Saturday afternoon after intense research. His condition was first judged “compatible with police custody, subject to the opinion of a psychiatrist”, says Lionel Pascal. The psychiatrist who then examined him having concluded the opposite, the suspect made “the object of an admission to psychiatric care”, adds the magistrate. The latter specifies that it was not possible to proceed with a hearing of the suspect.
Investigations continue
According to the first elements of the investigation, this man from Oise was hosted in the town of Les Rousses, a ski resort on the border with Switzerland, by the father and mother of the infant. “of whom he is a distant relative”, according to the statement of the prosecutor. This specifies that “This accommodation could be linked to an attempt to wean off the consumption of narcotics”the relatives of the suspect having “observed a deterioration in his mental state” the days preceding the assault.
The mother and her baby were airlifted Saturday morning to a hospital in Geneva. Very seriously affected, the baby suffered from a “disembowelment” while her 27-year-old mother had multiple sores “without obvious vital risk”had indicated Lionel Pascal.
“The infant remained in the operating theater for several hours” And “He is now being taken care of in the intensive care unit”the prosecutor said on Sunday, according to which “investigations are continuing”.
