Three German Infants Found Dead In Freezer

Police officers stand in front of a house in Wenden, Germany, on Monday, May 5, 2008 after the bodies of three German infants were found stuffed in a basement freezer and their mother was arrested, a prosecutor's spokesman said Monday. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)

(AP) German police arrested the mother of three infants whose bodies were found stuffed into a basement freezer, a prosecutor's spokesman said Monday.

Johannes Daheim said police have determined the three infants had not been stillborn but did not say how old they were or what the cause of death was. He said the bodies were found Sunday night after police received a tip and searched the home in Wenden in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The woman, whose name was not released, was taken into custody on suspicion that she killed the children. Police said they planned to hold a news conference about the case later Monday.

There have been a number of similar cases in Germany.

In February, police were called to a home in northern Germany where a dead infant was discovered in the cellar.

In January, a 28-year-old German woman was charged with manslaughter after the remains of three babies were discovered in her house and the home of a relative. That woman has denied killing the three babies.

Another woman was convicted of manslaughter in 2006 for killing eight of her babies in eastern Germany.

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