The decomposing bodies of two sisters have been found in an isolated house in Béarn. It was an elected municipal official who discovered them, by chance.
A macabre discovery. Sunday October 9, the members of a municipal team of Ozenx-Montestrucq, in Béarn, discovered by chance the lifeless bodies of two sistersmost likely dead for several months at their home. It was while distributing invitations for a municipal party that an elected official noticed the mailbox filled with mail from an isolated house. Intrigued, she decided to enter the property to make sure that all was well for the possible inhabitants, or that the house was not abandoned. Worried by finding the door ajar, the chosen one has, as reported South Westdecided to contact the first deputy mayor who entered the old Béarnaise building.
This is where the team discovered the lifeless and decomposing body of the two sisters who were aged 84 and 79 years old depending on the daily. While a first body was found in the kitchen, the second was lying in an upstairs bedroom. “An autopsy will take place this Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at the Toulouse Forensic Institute”thus specified the gendarmerie to South West. An examination which will have to determine the exact identity of the two victims, but also, the date and the circumstances of their death. “We must remain cautious. For the time being, we have not found any evidence suggesting the intervention of a third party. Autopsies are being carried out to determine what may have happened”said Rodolphe Jarry, the public prosecutor of Pau.
Two “isolated” sisters
If for the moment the identity of the victims has not been revealed, they are, according to the mayor of the town, Alain Lenglet, “two sisters who lived there in autarky“. “We never saw them”he thus specified, and to deplore: “It’s hard to believe that you can die alone like that today. They were so isolated that no one noticed. It looks like a Maupassant novel.” This Wednesday, October 12, the cause of death of these two sisters is “still undetermined“ specified the public prosecutor, who specified that he “we need to further investigate”.