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Dominique Cottrez

French serial killer

Summary

French serial killer

Field	Value
name	Dominique Cottrez
birthname	Dominique Cottrez
birth_place	Villers-au-Tertre, Nord Department, France
conviction	Murder, Infanticide
sentence	9 years imprisonment
victims	8
beginyear	1989
endyear	2006
country	France
apprehended	July 2010

Dominique Cottrez is a French woman who admitted to killing 8 of her newborn infants.

Murders

Cottrez committed the murders during an approximately 17-year period between 1989 and 2006. She suffocated eight of her children shortly after giving birth. Cottrez was able to conceal her pregnancies from her husband and doctor due to her weight. She buried the bodies in gardens at her home and her parents' home.

In July 2010, two of the bodies were discovered in plastic bags by new owners working in the garden of a house Dominique and her husband, Pierre-Marie Cottrez, previously occupied. When police contacted the Cottrez family to question them about the discoveries, Dominique immediately admitted that the bodies belonged to two infants she had given birth to. She also told police that six more infants' bodies were hidden in the garage.

Trial

French prosecutors announced on 29 July 2010 that Dominique had been indicted on murder charges. Her husband was questioned by a judge but has not been charged at this time. Prosecutors believe he may have been unaware of the infants because Dominique's obesity concealed the pregnancies.

In August 2012, Dominique was released by an appeals court in the town of Douai on the condition that she continue to receive psychological and psychiatric care.

On 2 July 2015, Dominique was found guilty and sentenced to nine years in prison on eight counts of infanticide.

Dominique and Pierre-Marie Cottrez are also the parents of two adult daughters.

References

(15 April 2014). "How Could She? Mother Accused in Deaths of Infants". NBC News.
"French Woman Dominique Cottrez Admits to Suffocating 8 Newborns, Says Prosecutor".
(25 June 2015). "France baby deaths trial of Dominique Cottrez opens".
(29 July 2010). "Why Are French Women Killing Their Babies?".
(29 July 2010). "Details emerge in French baby killing case". BBC News.
"Woman charged in France over babies' bodies". CNN.com.
"Woman Confesses to Killing Her 8 Babies".
(2012-08-02). "French infanticide woman freed". BBC News.
(2015-07-02). "" Il faut accepter de ne pas tout comprendre " de Dominique Cottrez". Le Monde.fr.
(7 November 2014). "Mum who 'killed 8 of her newborn babies' to stand trial". The Daily Mirror.

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