Prosecutors: French Mother Confesses to Killing Her 8 Newborns
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French prosecutors have charged a woman in her 40s with murder, saying she confessed to killing her eight newborn babies and burying their remains.
Prosecutors say Dominique Cottrez did not want any more children and did not want to visit a doctor for contraception.
Her husband was apparently unaware his wife had given birth eight times and killed the children.
French officials describe Cottrez as a heavy-set woman and say it was easy for her to conceal her pregnancies.
Cottrez and her husband live in the northern village of Villers-au-Tertre.
The new owners of Cottrez's parents' house found two of the corpses buried in the ground in plastic bags.
This led police to Cottrez's current house, where they found six more bodies hidden in the garage.
Village residents say they are in shock over what one calls a revolting and monstrous crime.
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this incident is truly tragic, but it strikes a bit of irony that because she did not have the doctor 'abort' her baby but did it herself it is called murder and not an abortion ... hmmmm - so clinical murder of a child is called abortion and is legal - we are godless
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Cottrez's Facebook profile photo French prosecutors confirmed on Thursday that nursing assistant Dominique Cottrez killed her eight newborn infants and buried their remains.  Prosecutors called the case "non-standard... given the large number of newborns."

According to prosecutors, Cottrez, in her 40s, is heavy-set and she was able to hide her eight pregnancies. Cottrez did not want to visit a doctor for contraceptives nor did she want more children.

Cottrez admitted to strangling eight infants and hiding the remains in garbage bags. The killings occurred over a time span of several years, from 1989 to 2006 or 2007. Prosecutors charged her with "deliberate homicides of minors under the age of 15," which could cause Cottrez to serve a life sentence in prison.

New homeowners of the Cottrez's former house discovered bags with the remains of two infants. Investigators discovered an additional six children in the Cottrez's house in .

Cottrez's husband, Pierre-Marie Cottrez, was unaware of the killings.