French woman said to confess to killing 8 babies

Publish Date: 07-30-2010 12:00 AM -0700

Dominique Cottrez tells police she didn't want any more children. Her husband says he was unaware of her pregnancies. It is the worst of several cases of infanticide in recent years.

A 45-year-old woman has admitted suffocating eight babies immediately after giving birth to them, authorities said, in the latest, and worst, case of infanticide to rock France in recent years