Translated in my words, from article covering press conference today with prosecutor Sébastien Farges.
The couple, questioned separately, had admitted baby Loan had been assaulted several days before the reported abduction. The father said there had been violence inflicted on the baby, which was confirmed by the mother. Prosecutors aren't sure of her exact role, but tested her by asking if she'd kicked Loan, as they think both parents were more involved in the violence than they're willing to admit. It's thought Loan died days before he was reported missing. After burying him, they returned home and thought up their cover story.
Sunday afternoon the parents led police 30 miles from their home , to the place where they had left Loan's body. He was wrapped in a plastic bag and buried near a pond in Saint- Sulpice- les-Champs.
Prosecutor Farges said there was an atmosphere of violence in the family anyway, especially from Cedric, and in the context of Loan's death, probably 'voluntary violence without intention to kill.' Loan had heart surgery just last month and was fragile - Fargas thinks there may have been frustation on the part of the parents.
An autopsy is scheduled Monday morning at the Forensic Institute of Limoges. They'll be looking for recent injuries, but also signs of older ones.
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/france-m...petit-loan-retrouve-les-parents-ia0b0n2350998