Like every evening, the son of the septuagenarian has the habit of making a phone call to his mother to get news.
He lives in the Paris region, she in a house in Agde (Hérault) where she has lived for two years.
But Wednesday, she does not respond.
Worried, he then warns the emergency services.
According to the Free Midi, the house of this widow being under partial video surveillance, her son could see a big mess in the pavilion and what looked like a body on the ground.
No track is privileged
When help arrives on site around 10 p.m., they have a real vision of horror when they discover this beheaded 77-year-old woman, indicates a police source to Le Parisien.
According to the Actu.fr site, the victim's head was resting on the kitchen table.
A search in the garden of the widow's house revealed latex gloves stained with blood and rolls of duct tape thrown on the ground.
The Montpellier PJ was seized of the investigation.
An autopsy was ordered to determine precisely the day and time of this assassination.
For the time being, no lead is favored at this stage of the investigation.
