Corpses of three infants discovered

By Thomas Burmeister

Amsterdam (dpa) – In the second grisly case of its kind in the

Netherlands in recent weeks, Dutch police said Thursday they have

discovered the corpses of three new-born babies.

A 41-year-old woman was regarded as a murder suspect, with tests

showing that she had given birth to at least one of the babies, which

were found in the back yard of a house in the town of Geleen, near

Maastricht.

Investigations were under way to determine whether she was also

the mother of the other two infants. Police found the first corpse in

a shed last Friday and so searched the property, uncovering two

further dead babies.

In early August, police found the remains of four babies stashed

in suitcases in the attic of a house in the village of Nij Beets. A

25-year-old woman living there with her parents is suspected of

murder, although charges have not yet been formally filed.