He had been detained since March in Vezin-le-Coquet, near Rennes, after his confession, a month after the disappearance of his wife, with whom he was in the process of divorce.
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He will never be judged. Jérôme Gaillard, who had recognized the feminicide of his wife Magali Blandin who disappeared in February, was found hanged in his cell, announced the Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) prosecutor’s office on Monday, November 1, confirming information from the Parisian, Radio France and France Télévisions.
Magali Blandin, a 42-year-old specialist educator and mother of four, disappeared on February 10 in Montfort-sur-Meu, near Rennes. More than a month later, Jérôme Gaillard had confessed in police custody to the premeditated murder of his wife. Magali Blandin’s body had been found. She had left her husband in September 2020 and the couple, who had four children, were going through a divorce.
The husband of Magali Blandin had been indicted for “murder by spouse”, and placed in pre-trial detention in the prison of Vezin-le-Coquet (Ille-et-Vilaine). His parents, who had admitted having been informed of their son’s plan and had helped him, were also put and examined and placed in pre-trial detention.
Jérôme Gaillard was also indicted for “attempted murder by spouse”, for a first criminal project developed at the end of 2020. He told investigators that he had given money to several people to execute his wife, but that they l ‘had blackmailed him to extort a larger sum. Three people of Georgian nationality are indicted for “attempted organized gang extortion” in this other part of the case.
Jérôme Gaillard had started a hunger strike since October 13, added the prosecution. His lawyer explains to the Parisian that this “personal struggle” aimed at “reunite his children “, entrusted to third parties, and “allow them to see their father “.