{"id":20938,"date":"2026-07-29T12:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20938"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:35:35","slug":"man-finds-5-dead-babies-hidden-in-boxes-after-fight-with-wife-prosecutors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20938","title":{"rendered":"Man finds 5 dead babies hidden in boxes after fight with wife, prosecutors say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6402263757112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">American mother describes being trapped with children in France wildfires<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Rebecca Papin, an American mother, details the terrifying experience of being trapped with her two young children amidst raging wildfires in Southwest France, which have already forced over 220,000 people to evacuate. Papin recounts the fire&#8217;s sudden onset and her family&#8217;s struggle for basic resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">A <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_2198057\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">man in France<\/a> discovered remains believed to belong to five newborns hidden inside cardboard boxes in his home after his partner gave birth at home and was taken to a hospital, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">He became distressed after he found out about her pregnancy at \u2060a very late stage, despite her repeated denials, and began searching their home, prosecutors said. The couple already had two children, ages eight and nine.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The woman, 32, who was not identified, was allegedly arguing with her husband over what was in the boxes at their home in the town of Orange on Monday after she gave birth at home to a baby boy the day before.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">She started complaining about abdominal pain during the argument on Monday. She was taken to a hospital and her husband stayed behind and discovered the dead babies hidden in the boxes.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_2198058\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/newborn-vanished-after-secret-birth-parents-allegedly-claimed-baby-prank-cops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NEWBORN VANISHED AFTER SECRET BIRTH, PARENTS ALLEGEDLY CLAIMED BABY &#8216;WAS A PRANK&#8217;: COPS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/door-french-babies-found.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/door-french-babies-found.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/door-french-babies-found.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/door-french-babies-found.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/door-french-babies-found.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/door-french-babies-found.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/door-french-babies-found.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/door-french-babies-found.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/door-french-babies-found.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Door of an apartment in Orange, southern France\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A man in France discovered five deceased babies inside cardboard boxes in his home after he and his wife had a fight.<\/span> <span>(Thibaud MORITZ \/ AFP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The man, also 32, then notified authorities through the hospital \u200bwhere the woman was being treated for pain.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The husband stayed behind when she was taken to the hospital, and looked inside the cardboard boxes they had been arguing over \u2013 that\u2019s when he found the five dead babies,&#8221; an investigating source said, according to the US Sun. &#8220;All the [fetuses] were decomposing, and had been around for quite a while.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Police <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_2198059\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">searched the couple&#8217;s home<\/a>, and prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into suspected murder on Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_2198060\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/heated-lindsay-clancy-courtroom-exchange-911-call-crime-scene-photos-sets-stage-moms-murder-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HEATED LINDSAY CLANCY COURTROOM EXCHANGE OVER 911 CALL, CRIME SCENE PHOTOS SETS STAGE FOR MOM\u2019S MURDER TRIAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes-couple-fight.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes-couple-fight.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes-couple-fight.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes-couple-fight.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes-couple-fight.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes-couple-fight.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes-couple-fight.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes-couple-fight.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes-couple-fight.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Murder probe in France\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into suspected murder on Monday.<\/span> <span>(Thibaud MORITZ \/ AFP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A forensic pathologist estimated, based on initial findings, that the bones \u200band decomposing remains belonged to five newborns.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Authorities said the remains included bones believed to belong to four newborns and the decomposing body of a fifth. Autopsies and further laboratory testing were ordered.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The man told \u200cpolice \u2060he was unaware of his wife&#8217;s possible pregnancies.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The public prosecutor&#8217;s office urged child welfare services to assess the health of the couple&#8217;s <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_2198061\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/lifestyle\/parenting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eight and nine-year old children<\/a>. It \u200balso issued a \u200bprovisional placement \u2060order for the newborn baby, pending referral of the case to a children&#8217;s court judge.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The \u200bmother, who was still in the hospital on Tuesday, has not yet spoken to investigators.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/5-dead-french-babies-boxes.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"France police tape\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The man told \u200cpolice \u2060he was unaware of his wife&#8217;s possible pregnancies.<\/span> <span>(Thibaud MORITZ \/ AFP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A post-mortem examination has been ordered on \u200bthe decomposing remains, and the bones will undergo anthropological analysis in a laboratory, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The couple had no history of problems and were described by a neighbor as &#8220;charming people,&#8221; according to French outlet AFP.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The neighbor, Florent Jean, told the outlet that the wife was a stay-at-home mother and the husband worked. 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