A man went to Choisy-le-Roi police station at around 6.30pm on Friday evening and turned himself in claiming to have killed a child.
During the interrogation, the man showed a photo of the child on his smartphone and gave the approximate address where the body was located. At the same time, alert residents contacted police to report that they had discovered a child in a garbage bag under a parked car.
The fire brigade quickly arrived on the scene and provided first aid. The child was hypothermic and groaning in pain, had strangulation marks on his neck and bruises all over his body. The boy was taken to Necker Hospital in Paris, where he is currently in an induced coma.
According to police sources, the child has experienced sexual violence.