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When Kabou became pregnant a third time, she hid the fact from Lafon. She gave birth to a girl alone in their studio in August 2012. She named the child Adélaïde ("Ada"), but did not legally register her. She told no one outside the household about the infant, not even her mother in
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She recalled, "I put an end to her life because it was easier that way. It was as if I felt carried along, I just couldn't say stop." She laid her almost asleep daughter down in the tide, hugged her for some minutes while asking for forgiveness, and then ran from the beach. Fishermen discovered the
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