What do we know about the research to find this mother of four?

The search is still continuing to find Magali Blandin, 42, missing since February 11, 2021 in Montfort-sur-Meu (Ille-et-Vilaine).

Near Rennes, concern persists after the disappearance of Magali Blandin. The mother of four has not given any sign of life since Thursday, February 11, 2021 in Montfort-sur-Meu (Ille-et-Vilaine). This famous Thursday, she was to go to the psychologist. But she didn't show up. The next day, no one to pick up the children from school (Magali Blandin had custody for the weekend). It was a work colleague who reported her disappearance on Friday, February 12, 2021. A beat of more than 300 people was organized, the waterways of the locality where she lives were inspected and a helicopter also flew over the river. zone, February 18, 2021. But no trace of the specialist educator.

Magali Blandin, disappeared in a particular family context

All avenues are explored by the investigators: kidnapping, voluntary disappearance, etc. However, they are interested in the family context of Magali Blandin. The disappeared had moved to Montfort-sur-Meu shortly after leaving the home where she lived with her husband and children, in Montauban-de-Bretagne in September 2020. According to information from France Bleu Armorique, Magali Blandin "had filed a complaint for domestic violence" while adding "that she herself could have been violent". The Rennes prosecutor's office told local radio that the case had been closed.

France Bleu also reveals that the investigators found an email that Magali Blandin wanted to send to her husband a few days before his disappearance, the subject of which was the organization of the guards. In a particular context due to financial matters, she would also have had a tense telephone exchange with her two eldest children. Nevertheless, the Rennes prosecutor's office announces that "Checks were made with the husband, but they did not reveal, in the state, no element associating him with this disappearance or suggesting his presence in Montfort-sur-Meu at the time of the facts". The mother's phone was last geolocated near the Le Garun stream. On Monday February 22, 2021, a judicial investigation will be opened.

Celine Peschard

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