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Thu 07 Jul 2010French mother admits to killing eight of her babies
The mother of eight newborn babies whose corpses were found in a village in northern France has admitted to killing them.
Dominique Cottrez, a 46-year-old care worker, has been formally placed under investigation and remains in police custody, prosecutor Eric Vaillant told a packed press conference in the town of Douai, south of Lille, this afternoon. Her husband, Pierre-Marie Cottrez, has been freed.
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