Dominique Cottrez, a French woman killed eight of her newborn babies. She secretly gave birth to all of them and then smothered them to death in the bathroom of her home. When new people moved into her former home, they found two of the newborns buries and wrapped in plastic bags. A further investigation discovered the remaining six newborn bodies in a tank in the garage. Cottrez was obese and was able to hide the pregnancies from both her husband and daughter all eight times. She initially claimed that she did it because she was having a incestuous relationship with her father, which turned out to be a lie. Her defense claimed that if she had taken pleasure in what she had done, they would have never found the bodies. She even awoke during the winter months to cover up the bodies because it was cold. Her defense also plead with the jurors to take into effect that Cottrez suffered from neuroses. Dominique received nine years in prison for her cold and calculated actions. She could have given these babies up for adoption and found healthy families for them, but instead did not give them a chance. They were born breathing and died in her hands minutes late.r