French Father Reportedly Charged After 3-Year-Old Son Killed in Washing Machine

Published November 17, 2014

French authorities have reportedly charged a 33-year-old father with murder after he allegedly killed his 3-year-old son by stuffing him into a washing machine and turning it on.

The man, identified in reports as Christophe Champenois, was charged with "murder of a minor" late Sunday in the city of Meaux near Paris, court sources told AFP.

The boy's mother was charged with failing to prevent a crime and failing to assist a person in danger. Both were held without bail.

Neighbors said the boy, Bastien, died Friday after Champenois put him naked in the washing machine to punish him for getting into trouble at nursery school. A source connected with the case said the child appeared to have died from "a blow to the head," AFP reports.

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