Three people from the same family, two women and a man, were found dead on Wednesday in a house in Saint-Jacques-de-La-Lande, a town adjoining Rennes, in what could be a double homicide followed by a suicide of the father, we learned from the prosecution.
“On the spot, the bodies of the three deceased people were discovered by the firefighters. The man was found hanged, the woman lying on her bed and their daughter on the floor of her room,” prosecutor Philippe Astruc told AFP. of the Republic of Rennes, confirming information from West France.
The young woman’s employer was worried about her absence
He is a father, aged 50 and employed in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine as a maintenance agent for a college, his wife, aged 62, retired, and of their 25-year-old daughter. Wednesday afternoon, the firefighters went to the scene, a residential street, because the young woman’s employer was worried about her absence.
“The first forensic findings revealed the existence of trauma on the woman’s body (sixties, editor’s note). No trace of violence was however visible on the body of his daughter”, indicated the magistrate, specifying that autopsies were ordered “in order to determine precisely the causes of death”.
A flagrant investigation has been opened
“A writing was found at the family home, apparently signed by the hand of the man, in which he announced that he was ending his life as well as those of his companion and his daughter. He attributed his actions to an evil – being able to be linked to a serious illness from which he would be suffering, “added Philippe Astruc. A handwriting comparison review should be done to verify the origin of this writing.
A flagrant investigation was opened and entrusted to the departmental security of Ille-et-Vilaine under the qualification of assassinations. No element noted at this stage suggests an external intervention. The family was unknown to the judicial authorities, both criminally and civilly and particularly in family matters. No complaint or handrail was recorded concerning them, according to the same source.