A survey for aggravated manslaughter followed by suicide was opened after the discovery this Sunday of the lifeless bodies of two British nationals in Boudrac in Haute-Garonne.
Financial difficulties
La maison du drame is a beautiful property, located in a quiet location on the edge of a wood. The sexagenarian couple found dead were there bed and breakfast. She died after being hit on the head and then strangled in the living room, he hanged himself in the lodging part Married, childless, they had lived in France for about ten years, she from Barnsley in the north of England, he from Dunbridge Wells in south London. Before, they lived in the Hautes-Pyrénées. Arrived in Haute-Garonne 18 months ago, they had, according to witnesses, financial difficulties. It was a friend of theirs, also a British national, who discovered the woman in the living room. The man committed suicide in the gîte, the place was locked from the inside. The house is now sealed. The British consulate in Bordeaux is notified. The investigation is directed towards a feminicide followed by suicide.