The Mossos d’Esquadra have identified and located the mother of the baby found dead on January 2 in a bin in Bisbal d’Empordà, according to the Diari de Girona. The woman would have explained to investigators that she was the victim of rape and that the child was already born dead.

The events came to light last week when a garbage collector found the lifeless baby in a trash can on the central Germans Sitjar street, located behind the church. The little one, who still had the umbilical cord, was inside a plastic bag.

The child’s mother, of African origin, would be just over 20 years old, according to the Agència Catalana de Notícies (ACN) and would have hidden the pregnancy from her family environment. The woman has requested a protection order from the alleged sex offender, whom police are trying to locate.

As she explained to the investigators, she herself would have placed the newborn, already dead, in a trash can in the municipality, where it was found by a sweeper early in the morning of Tuesday, January 2, when she was preparing to empty the trash can. trash.

Since then, the Mossos d’Esquadra analyzed the security cameras of nearby businesses to locate the child’s mother and the person who threw him into the trash can, who turned out to be the same person. They also took statements from residents of the area and analyzed the visits of pregnant women to the Primary Care Center (CAP) in search of any clues.

The investigators have delivered the police report to the investigating court number 4 of Bisbal d’Empordà, which has taken charge of the case, and is expected to be summoned to testify, in the coming days, as an investigator and as a witness in an alleged case. of rape of women.

The first results of the autopsy would not rule out the version given by the mother that the baby was already dead at birth.