at the heart of the Blandin family tragedy

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E. Pelletier, T. Paga, E. de Pourquery, G. Sabin, E. Noel – France 2

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Monday, November 1, we learned that the husband of Magali Blandin, who had confessed to the murder of his wife, had committed suicide in prison. A suicide which does not however extinguish the prosecution, because the parents of Jérôme Gaillard are suspected of complicity. The murderer had left letters of explanation in his cell.

The guards discovered him Monday, November 1 in the early morning, hanging from the bars of his prison cell in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine). During the night, Jérôme Gaillard, 45, who had confessed to having killed his wife, Magali Blandin, committed suicide by leaving behind a letter.

On February 11, 2021, Magali Blandin was not found. The 42-year-old specialist educator lives separated from her husband, against whom she has filed a complaint for violence, and with whom she has 4 children. An angry man and manipulator for the relatives of the couple, a suspect for the gendarmes. On March 19, after 29 hours in police custody, Jérôme Gaillard tells how he killed his wife with a baseball bat, not supporting the departure of his wife and the implosion of his family. The body of the deceased was found under 70 centimeters of earth.

For investigators, the murderer coldly prepared his crime. The gendarmes discover the existence of a contract between the husband and a Georgian. The man would have offered to kill his wife for 20,000 euros, but Jérôme Gaillard decides to take action himself. He puts his parents in the secret, who are said to have organized themselves to provide him with an alibi. Their deceased son, they could be the only ones to answer for the murder of Magali Blandin. Indicted, they claim their innocence.


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