Dominique Cottrez is a French woman who admitted to killing 8 of her newborn infants.
[3] In July 2010, two of the bodies were discovered in plastic bags by new owners working in the garden of a house Dominique and her husband, Pierre-Marie Cottrez, previously occupied.
[4] When police contacted the Cottrez family to question them about the discoveries, Dominique immediately admitted that the bodies belonged to two infants she had given birth to.
In August 2012, Dominique was released by an appeals court in the town of Douai on the condition that she continue to receive psychological and psychiatric care.
[8] On 2 July 2015, Dominique was found guilty and sentenced to nine years in prison on eight counts of infanticide.