Tuesday, May 06, 2008 Three infants found in freezer in Germany
OLPE—The bodies of three German infants have been found stuffed in a basement freezer and their mother has been arrested, a prosecutor’s spokesman said Monday.
Johannes Daheim said police determined the three infants had not been still born but did not say how old they were or what the cause of death was. He said the bodies were found Sunday night after police received a tip and searched the home in Wenden in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The name of the woman was not released. Police said they planned to hold a news conference about the case later Monday.
There have been a number of similar cases in Germany.
In February, police were called to a home in northern Germany where a dead infant was discovered in the cellar.
In January, a 28-year-old German woman was charged with manslaughter after the remains of three babies were discovered in her house and the home of a relative. That woman has denied killing the three babies.
Another woman was convicted of manslaughter in 2006 for killing eight of her babies in eastern Germany. (AP)
