Three bodies were found Tuesday in a house in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, according to the Dax prosecution which favored Tuesday evening "the hypothesis of the family drama" .
"The hypothesis of the family drama is privileged even if, at this stage, no track is neglected" , declared to the AFP the public prosecutor Rodolphe Jarry, confirming information of Southwest . The magistrate did not give more details, indicating that he was awaiting the last elements of the medical examiner, probably in the evening, before being able to communicate officially.
According to the newspaper Sud Ouest, the bodies found are those of a couple in their fifties and their teenage son, killed by a hunting weapon. A double homicide followed by suicide is a hypothesis favored by the investigators, according to the same source. According to a source close to the file, the house was closed from the inside.