After the horror of the discovery of the two college teachers, Aurélie Pardon and Gabriel Fourmigué, shot dead in the village of Pouyastruc (Haute-Pyrénées), the authorities are now in full hunt on the other side of the border, in Spain. A suspect is on the run and is believed to be near Jaca, in the province of Aragon, according to the Spanish media which make the headlines, indicates The Midi Dispatch.
Monday, July 4, 2022, a woman from the neighborhood of Pouyastruc, more precisely in Cami dou Pichou, noticed the unusual presence of an individual on a motorcycle near her neighbor’s home. When he left, obviously fleeing, she discovered the body of a woman lying in the street, outside the house and alerted the gendarmerie.
The motorcycle of the alleged perpetrator of the fatal shots was reportedly seen by local law enforcement near Mont d’Oroel, a two and a half hour drive from Pouyastruc. “The Guardia Civil and the Gendarmerie comb the rock of Oroel and its surroundings, near Jaca, on the trail of the alleged perpetrator of the crime, who fled the scene and was able to cross the border“, specifies the Spanish newspaper Herlado. According to the media, it could be in a mountainous area near Jaceta, in the region of Peña Oroel.
“Sources close to the French Gendarmerie explained that the person wanted for these events is Cédric Tauleygne, a 34-year-old former French reservist with extensive experience in survivalism.“, specifies the daily Herlado. This name is that of the ex-companion of Aurélie Pardon, father of her two young children.
The New Republic of the Pyrenees provides details as to the motivations for this crime: “the trail of a sentimental conflict could be at the origin of the double homicide. Aurélie Pardon, in the process of separation with the father of her children, and Gabriel Fourmiguié separated for several months, would have been discovered naked by the investigators and rescuers when they arrived at the scene. He, killed in his shower, she in the street, several dozen meters from Gabriel’s home.”