Mysticalmom
05-05-2008, 10:18 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/05/germany.freezer/index.html
BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- Police have discovered the bodies of three dead babies in a freezer of a family home in western Germany, authorities said Monday.
Police fenced off the house in Wenden where the bodies of three dead babies were found in a freezer in the cellar.
Prosecutor's spokesman Johannes Daheim said their 44-year-old mother had been arrested, The Associated Press reported, but her name had not been released.
The bodies were found in a freezer in the cellar of a house in the town of Wenden in North Rhine-Westphalia by officers acting on a tip-off from one of the woman's three grown children.
He did not say how old they were, AP reported, while police were waiting for an autopsy to confirm the cause of death. However, police told CNN that the babies appeared to have died shortly after birth.
AP said the woman, her 47-year-old husband and their two sons, aged 18 and 22, and a 24-year-old daughter had lived in Wenden for years.
"I've been mayor for 14 years, and this is definitely the worst day I've seen," Peter Brueser told AP. "We will need a long time here to work through this."
The case follows several recent similar instances in Germany, according to the agency.
In February, police were called to a home in northern Germany where a dead infant was discovered in the cellar, and the previous month a woman was charged with manslaughter after the remains of three babies were discovered in her house and the home of a relative -- she denied killing the children.
Another woman was convicted of manslaughter in 2006 for killing eight of her babies in eastern Germany.
BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- Police have discovered the bodies of three dead babies in a freezer of a family home in western Germany, authorities said Monday.
Police fenced off the house in Wenden where the bodies of three dead babies were found in a freezer in the cellar.
Prosecutor's spokesman Johannes Daheim said their 44-year-old mother had been arrested, The Associated Press reported, but her name had not been released.
The bodies were found in a freezer in the cellar of a house in the town of Wenden in North Rhine-Westphalia by officers acting on a tip-off from one of the woman's three grown children.
He did not say how old they were, AP reported, while police were waiting for an autopsy to confirm the cause of death. However, police told CNN that the babies appeared to have died shortly after birth.
AP said the woman, her 47-year-old husband and their two sons, aged 18 and 22, and a 24-year-old daughter had lived in Wenden for years.
"I've been mayor for 14 years, and this is definitely the worst day I've seen," Peter Brueser told AP. "We will need a long time here to work through this."
The case follows several recent similar instances in Germany, according to the agency.
In February, police were called to a home in northern Germany where a dead infant was discovered in the cellar, and the previous month a woman was charged with manslaughter after the remains of three babies were discovered in her house and the home of a relative -- she denied killing the children.
Another woman was convicted of manslaughter in 2006 for killing eight of her babies in eastern Germany.