Babies found in freezer

German police are questioning a couple after their son found the bodies of three babies in a freezer at the family home in Wenden.

The boy and his older sister were looking for pizzas in the freezer when they made the grisly find.

They persuaded their parents to go to the police.

They and another daughter are being questioned by detectives while investigators comb the scene to find out more.

SOUNDBITE: Herbert Fingerhut, head of police investigations, saying (German):

"The mother was pretty shocked. She came to us voluntarily with her husband and her oldest daughter. She was suffering from considerable shock and gave a statement. She told us they were her children, and that she most probably put them in the freezer."

Police say the babies appear to have been born at separate times and to have died shortly after birth.

One was wrapped in newspaper dating back to 1988.

Paul Chapman, Reuters

grisly Adjective[-lier, -liest] causing horror or dread: grisly murders
comb - To make a thorough search: combed through the file for the contract.
wrap - To enclose, especially in paper, and fasten: wrap a package; wrapped up the peelings.