Paris ( CNN ) Police found the bodies of five infants in a home near Bordeaux , France , according to news reports . Four of the bodies were frozen , the reports say . The mother , 35 , was hospitalized at Pellegrin Hospital in Bordeaux for gynecological and psychiatric examinations , the French television channel BFMTV reported . The hospital declined comment . The first body was found Thursday morning by the woman 's companion , a 40-year-old man , in a freezer bag , BFMTV reported . Police discovered bodies of four other babies in a freezer that evening during a search of the family 's home , the channel said . Officials with the Bordeaux prosecutor 's office were scheduled to hold a press conference Friday afternoon . Autopsies will be conducted , BFMTV said . The woman 's companion was taken into custody , the reports said . He told investigators that he had not known of the deaths and was devastated , according to reports . The couple is reported to have two daughters , aged 13 and 15 , and to have led a seemingly routine life . The family home is in Louchats , a village of fewer than 1,000 residents about 30 miles ( 50 kilometers ) south of Bordeaux , in the Landes forest , in southwestern France . The country 's worst case of infanticide was in 2010 when a mother in the village of Villers-au-Tertre in northwestern France was found to have killed eight of her babies .
Reports say police find bodies of five newborns in home in southwestern France . Woman believed to be mother is hospitalized for examinations , report says . Police are investigating whether the deaths were homicides or natural causes.