Christophe Champenois Reportedly Murders Son In Washing Machine

A man in France has been charged with murdering his son by shoving him in a washing machine and turning it on, AFP reports.

According to the Daily Mail, the incident was punishment for the child's behavior. The 3-year-old boy, Bastien, reportedly threw a classmate's drawing in a toilet at nursery school.

However, this wasn't the first time the child had been punished as such.

The French newspaper Le Parisien reports (translated from French):

Maud, Bastien's five-year-old sister, told Fidelio, the husband of a neighbor, that it wasn't the first time that her father put the little boy in the machine. Sometimes, he locked his son inside for two hours to punish him.

According to Le Parisien, the boy's grandmother called Bastien an "unwanted child." She reported that on the day of his birth, the boy's father, Christophe, was "drinking with his friends and told me he didn't want the child."

The toddler died of head injuries, the Daily Mail reports.

Police charged Bastien's father with "murder of a minor" in Meaux, France, according to AFP. Sky News quoted a local police spokesperson as saying, "The man's wife has also been arrested for non-assistance of a person in danger."

Comments

[thepunisher1]

04:47 PM on 12/22/2011

simple solution,put the father in a washing machine and run the complete cycle out.

[Crystlefire]

10:23 AM on 12/17/2011

Where was the mother and why didn't she stop this? I would fight tooth and nail if ANYONE touched my children, I don't care if it is the childs father. Even in the animal world a lioness will protect her offspring from the father or other females and males!! Humans have just reached a new low in nature!!

[Vincent M Brannigan]

12:24 PM on 12/24/2011

Actually lionesses don't protect their cubs. When new males takeover the pride and kill the cubs to bring the females into heat . http://www.bluelion.org/lion.htm

[mejunk]

12:32 PM on 12/15/2011

To those who want to see this "monster" tortured and killed in prison -- think about what you're saying. The anger, hate and rage you feel, that makes you want to see that guy suffer -- that is likely the same way HE was feeling when he tortured and killed his own poor helpless child. Maybe you think it's different, because your response is righteous and justified and his was obviously so, so very wrong. But the feelings and the impulse are the same. How can you expect others to control their rage and hate when you are not willing to do the same? It's NEVER OK to treat people that way. No matter what they have done. If we allow torture and cruelty to be done in our name, in prison or anywhere, we become just like the person we condemn.

[365tc]

08:57 PM on 12/15/2011

Only one thing to say to you, Junk: BULLSH$T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[365tc]

09:37 PM on 12/15/2011

According to your logic, the MURDERER SPERM-DONOR ( I won't use the word F-A-T-H-E-R) is the "Victim", not the CHILD he tormented in the last moments of his son's innocent young life. I would be interested and delighted to see just how your "logic" would hold up if YOU were stuffed into a washing machine head first in a sealed vortex submerged in water and helplessly left to die!!! It is OUR JOB as a civilized society and as human beings TO PROTECT THE INNOCENTS and thereby the SANCTITY OF INNOCENT LIFE! Giving IMPULSIVE BARBARIANS a moral pass is the ROOT of evil and only enables it further!

[PennysUnique]

06:43 PM on 12/14/2011

There is no such thing as an unwanted child. This boys story literally had me in tears. I can not even imagine this child's horror. And having his 5 year old sister say this wasn't the first time he had been subjected to this monsterous treatment makes my heart ache for them both. There is (however difficult it is to understand) a positive outcome from this story. We ALL MUST know that our Heavenly Father has taken HIS child home. I KNOW this boy was wanted & I KNOW he is being loved. & now this angel will help protect his sister.

[UncleSmrgol]

07:39 PM on 12/13/2011

Every child a wanted child.

[lafouhuff]

12:22 AM on 12/06/2011

If he put the boy in the washing machine, he must have abused the mother also. If he was so damn miserable, he should have done everybody a favor and moved out. Big Man.

[tuffigirl]

01:01 PM on 12/08/2011

It does not mean he abused the mother also. He could very well have directed his anger only at that poor little boy. And since "Mommy" was arrested also it sounds like she was fully aware of the abuse and did nothing to stop it. I hope he's brutally raped repeatedly in jail till he dies !! And if she knew and did nothing she deserves the same.

[d r awn]

08:56 PM on 12/09/2011

REALLY? most abuse situations dont just effect one person in the family, and just because she was fully aware of the abuse doesnt mean it would be easy to stop it. and wishing him abuse does absolutely nothing to solve abuse problem any where. im not saying what he or the mother did was ok by any means, but you have absolutely no idea how you will react to something until you yourself are actually in that situation.

[WTF2]

05:49 PM on 12/12/2011

And why no condemnation of the sick monsters in prison who might brutally rape him? They are as sick and evil as he is but no one cares. Unbelievable!

[sadmagda]

09:50 PM on 12/02/2011

Why does every discussion has to be geared (by some) into blaming liberals/conservatives for the sins of these sick people? My father was a conservative. He also beat the crap out of my siblings. I lucked out because I was the youngest of ten and he was over fifty when I was born. And I learned to keep out of the way and out of trouble. Heck I barely spoke on those days. I'm sure there are libs out there who do the same. Nothing to do with politics but with these people being horrible human beings. Sex education, birth control and empowering women and men to be responsible for their own bodies and know the consequences of their actions is what we need. And for people to quit being afraid to speak up for those who can't speak for themselves. Any one who knew what was going on and did nothing is just as guilty.

[pharmer1]

10:14 AM on 12/02/2011

This is just a very late term abortion. Princeton's bioethicist, Peter Singer, has told us that aborting at the toddler stage of development is OK. A commonality is that the deaths occur by brutal methods which are out of sight of the perpetrator (unless ultrasound guided), whether they occur in the washing machine or the uterus.

[Lydia Negron]

07:17 PM on 12/05/2011

"pharmer1". Are you from this planet or is this some sick joke. Equating this to abortion is absurd.

And BTW, I highly doubt Peter Singer would even say such a thing. Be careful what you relay and how you relay it.

[joynoise]

03:35 PM on 12/06/2011

Equating to a late-term abortion is actually not so absurd. I think pharmer1 makes a good point.
However, I know nothing about Peter Singer so I have no opinion on that point.

[EaglesQuestions]

11:01 AM on 12/09/2011

I have to agree with Joy and Pharmer.

The only objective difference between the two cases is age.
The subjective is that the older child has been made visible, and has begun to form conscious relationships with humanity. The more relatable, the more outrage over his death.

[Brian Marshall]

10:00 AM on 12/01/2011

I wonder how the pro-lifers respond to this news. As much as I dislike abortion, I think it would have been better for this child to never have been born than to suffer this type of abuse. Some people have no right or desire to be parents and they should be allowed to make that choice for themselves.

[Lydia Negron]

08:07 PM on 12/05/2011

I agree with you. I am pro-choice but as science has evolved, babies born prematurely as early as 24 weeks have been able to live outside the womb with lots of help. So has my stance changed? Yes and no.

Abortion should remain legal with a big, HOWEVER. Abortion is not birth control and education is the key.

Abortion should only be considered when there is no other way and should only occur at 12 weeks or less. Beyond that if you don't want the baby, take it to term and give it up for adoption.

Women who didn't want a baby, some are in denial while pregnant; some are clueless and some, well they don't deserve the child and I'm being kind to them.

How the grandmother, mother or anyone else who witnessed the abuse didn't do anything to help this child are almost as inhuman as the supposed father.

I hope they give him a life sentence and require the mother to go for parenting classes before she has another child or even get her 5 yr old back.

[EaglesQuestions]

11:09 AM on 12/09/2011

As a "pro-lifer," I'd wonder why those are considered the only two options.
I'm going to assume that you can already think of a third, that might leave everyone involved still alive.

[imtruthmonger]

05:24 PM on 11/30/2011

Disgusting and inhuman!

[LADYJAYTEE]

04:26 PM on 11/29/2011

Tragic and Sad! Has the mother and grandmother had mental evaluation too? Is the big sister safe with that family? Small children can be challenging, but they are so innocent that we love them more than anything and protect them against all hurt and pain. This willful maiming of a tiny child is incomprehensible to me. Perhaps grandma is the real culprit - maybe she started the cruelty long ago and the son/wife (whichever) doesn't know the difference between setting loving, good examples and cruel, inhuman punishment. Where does this human abberation come from? Comments? /j/

[Watching rock grow]

02:40 PM on 11/29/2011

That's just it another unwanted child abused until dead.

[zeejay97]

05:18 AM on 11/29/2011

theres a special corner in hell with the burners turned up full force for people who hurt children

[silkzephyr]

01:59 AM on 11/29/2011

poor sweet child. he put another kids' drawing in the toilet at school. makes you wonder where a 3 yr old would learn lessons like that around a toilet... just a thought. my kid was 3 when he flushed a rubber ball down the toilet, having no idea .. it was only after seeing the trouble and big ordeal of having to pull the toilet that he really felt awful. i recall no punishment. he felt bad enough on his own. i cannot fathom the mothers inaction here. second story like that in 2 days resulting in death of a 3 and 4 yr old boy. sad. very sad, their mothers did nothing.

[LADYJAYTEE]

05:11 PM on 11/29/2011

At a young age (19-23) I had three girls 18 mo. apart---Three in diapers at one point and they were cloth diapers (no diaper service!) I remember the challenges. My oldest (at age 3) put her shoes into the toilet and flushed it - had to call the plumber, etc. etc. Like you, I didn't punish her. She called them "Look, little boats Mommy!" i KNEW she didn't understand the consequences! I NEVER regretted their birth and always knew my patience and love would be rewarded. It was, they're contributing adults and parents of their own now. You just reminded me - about the ball down the toilet. Sometimes I think that we are born with a level of conscioiusness that stays with us. Some are higher and some lower. Some learn from mistakes and some blame others.....some are responsible and some could care less...some are loving and generous and some are selfish...and sometimes we take turns being one or the other in the SAME family. You sound like the loving forgiving type and I suspect the majority of us ARE no matter where we come from. /j/

[silkzephyr]

02:45 AM on 11/30/2011

excellent post and thank you. doesn't it do your heart good to see your grown children doing so well? a true reward.

[Kanelle]

11:41 PM on 11/28/2011

When I hear of things like this, I can't help but almost wish for the days when a mob would storm a jail, beat bloody and then Hang monsters like this.

[ace12]

01:14 AM on 12/07/2011

the other guys in prison usually take care of this. they do horrible things to rapists and child abusers.