His motorcycle was found on Wednesday in Jaca, Aragon, on the Spanish side of the border, Tarbes prosecutor Pierre Aurignac said at the time, adding that the suspect is a “former reservist, sports shooter“. On Friday, the Spanish police questioned by AFP, indicated that they had “nothing new“. The search continues around Jaca, “the device remains active“, according to the same source, without further details.”Nothing allows in the state to favor the hypothesis that the individual is still alive or dead“, said in a press release Cécile Gensac, the prosecutor of Pau, where the file was transferred. Gendarmes also crisscross the land in a large area, around Barbazan-Dessus, the town where the couple resided who was in the process of divorce, as well as in neighboring departments.
Gabriel Fourmigué, 55, and Aurélie Pardon, 32, were respectively physical education and French teachers at the Desaix college, located in the city center of Tarbes. The two teachers, shot and killed, had “emotionally close in recent weeks during a school trip“, had indicated the prosecutor of Tarbes during a press conference on Tuesday. A judicial information, retaining the qualification of “assassinations” was opened and the file transferred to the Pau public prosecutor’s office.
Cédric Tauleygne is presumed innocent of the charges against him until the final judgment of this case.