Husband finds 5 dead babies hidden in boxes in French home after fight with wife

“The husband stayed behind when she was taken to hospital, and looked inside the cardboard boxes they had been arguing over – that’s when he found the five dead babies,” an investigating source said, according to the Sun.

The couple had been arguing over what was in the boxes just a day after the wife gave birth following a pregnancy she denied - the couple have three living children

The horrifying discoveries were made at a house in the French town of Orange in the Provence region on Monday morning.

The woman remains in hospital and has not been taken into custody.

The bodies of five babies have been found in cardboard boxes at a couple's home in Orange, south-east France, according to local reports - the couple already have two children

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