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French girls spend days with dead mother thinking she’s asleep

The girls’ school in northwestern France had sent police to their home after growing concerned over their absence

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Two girls from France are receiving psychological support after losing their mother. According to AFP, the girls (aged 5 and 7) had spent days inside their apartment in the city of Le Mans, which is north-west of the country, with their mother’s body, thinking she was actually sleeping.

AFP has cited a prosecutor who said police officers came by their home after the girls’ school alerted them about their prolonged absence.

“Be quiet, Mommy is sleeping,” the girls had apparently told the officers.

They then came into the apartment and found the woman’s body. She was born in 1990 in Ivory Coast and an autopsy found that she had died from natural causes. There was no word on when she moved to France.

French girls placed in foster care

It isn’t clear how long she had died nor if the family had any relatives living in France. Following the incident, the police took the girls to a hospital and have since been placed in foster care. The girls have also been given psychological support to help them deal with the tragedy.

French police say they are not suspecting any foulplay in the woman’s death and will soon speak to the daughters to get a better understanding of the situation at hand.

“We have ruled out a criminal hypothesis. We are now going to wait a few days and then try to get witness testimony from the little girls,” a prosecutor is quoted as having told AFP.