Parents of deceased infant in landfill case to face magistrate

The 24-year-old mother, whose infant was discovered deceased in a landfill in the Attica district of Vravrona, has been discharged from the hospital and brought before a prosecutor and was granted until Thursday to provide her statement.

Both parents are accused of joint accomplished manslaughter. 

The father is expected to provide testimony on Thursday, pending the submission of forensic examination results for the deceased infant's body. 

Police found the infant's body inside a plastic bag in a large trash container at the local landfill Friday. The discovery comes in a probe after the mother had been admitted into the hospital for losing a lot of blood during birth off site. The couple allegedly disposed of the infant in a trash can after the mother gave birth.

The couple, of Nepalese descent, asserts that the baby was stillborn and denies any...

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