“The first elements of the investigation suggest that the 69-year-old man shot the 68-year-old woman before turning the gun on himself,” said the Dieppe prosecutor on Tuesday.
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An investigation for “intentional homicide” was opened after the discovery of the bodies of two sexagenarians in a house in Blangy-sur-Bresle (Seine-Maritime), Monday, June 20. The track of a homicide followed by a suicide is privileged, specified Tuesday the prosecutor of Dieppe, Etienne Thieffry.
The gendarmerie services were alerted Monday morning “by a relative of the couple of the discovery of two bodies in a house in Blangy-sur-Bresle”explained the magistrate to AFP. “A flagrant investigation by the count of intentional homicide has been opened. The first elements of the investigation suggest that the 69-year-old man shot the 68-year-old woman before turning the gun on himself. him”he added, specifying that the investigators “sought to find the motive”.
The two people had no criminal record, particularly in terms of domestic violence, and each had their own accommodation. The bodies were found at the man’s home.