- 18-year-old American student allegedly threw her newborn from a second-floor Paris hotel window.
- The infant, with the umbilical cord still attached, died despite emergency care.
- French authorities have launched a murder investigation; the mother is in custody.
French prosecutors and police sources reported that a newborn infant died in Paris on Monday after being thrown out of a hotel window by his 18-year-old American mother.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the baby was ejected from a second-floor room of a hotel in the 20th arrondissement of eastern Paris, with his umbilical cord still attached.
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Emergency responders provided care at the scene, but the infant, who was later taken to Robert Debré Hospital, did not survive. The baby was pronounced dead at 7:45 am (0645 GMT), a police source confirmed to AFP.
Police were alerted after an infant wrapped in a cloth was discovered in front of the hotel. The 18-year-old American student, who had given birth in a room on the hotel’s second floor, is now in police custody as authorities launch a murder investigation.
French officials stated that the young woman—identified as part of a group of American students traveling in Europe—was taken to a hospital for treatment following her delivery.
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Paris Match also reported that the mother was in Paris on a study trip with other students from the United States.
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