On October 2, 1988, Sylvie Coulon, a French pediatric nurse
aid, pregnant at the time, was called in by the Limoges police for questioning.
They had been tipped off four months earlier by an anonymous phone call to
Coulon’s four-year long habit of getting pregnant and yet never seeming to have
a baby to be show for her efforts. She confessed to killing newborns in 1984,
1985, 1986 and early 1988. Coulon told the prosecutor she did the deeds because
she was ''alone and broke.'' She also said that though she was pregnant a
fifth time she wanted to allow the child to live. On March 12, 1988 Sylvie
Coulon, 27, was convicted to 12 years in prison for killing four of her new
born babies.
[Robert St. Estephe]
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12 mars 1990 : Sylvie Coulon, 27 ans, aide-puéricultrice,
est condamnée à 12 ans de réclusion à Limoges. Elle avait jeté quatre
nouveau-nés aux ordures.
[“Plusieurs cas d'infanticides multiples ces dernières
années,” lefigaro.fr, 28/07/2010]
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