A few kilometers from Rennes, the body of a young teenager was found in front of his home. Investigators quickly placed her American stepfather in custody.
In Vignoc, in Ille-et-Vilaine, a few kilometers from Rennes, the awakening was brutal for the residents. This Sunday, August 28, residents discovered the lifeless body of a young teenager in front of his house. “On Sunday, a little before 8 a.m., local residents alerted the emergency services about the discovery of a teenager’s body” details the public prosecutor of Ille-et-Vilaine, Philippe Astruc. The 16-year-old was discovered.inanimate in front of the fence of the family home located in Vignoc”, specifies the magistrate.
According to information from France Blue, the young boy bore traces of blows on him. While an autopsy was to be performed on Monday August 29, no information has yet been released on the circumstances of death of the teenager, born in 2006. Subsequently, while “the declaration of death (by the coroner, editor’s note) was quickly operated and significant lesions noted“, a person was taken into custody.
Victim’s father-in-law taken into custody
“The first investigations led Sunday at the beginning of the afternoon to the placement in police custody under the characterization of intentional homicide of the victim’s father-in-law” said the public prosecutor. A criminal investigation was therefore opened and entrusted to the Rennes Gendarmerie Research Brigade.
According to the mayor of Vignoc, who confided in the media, the family of the young teenager was uneventful and had lived in this housing estate for 5 years. The family consists of four children, including the victim, a schoolboy and member of the Vignoc football club. The family was recomposed. The 34-year-old stepfather of the teenager is of American nationality. His custody was extended on Monday. For the moment, no other information has been given to the media.