The bodies of a man and a woman were found Tuesday, May 18 in the passenger seat and in the trunk of a car parked in a farmhouse that they lived in Saint-Gilles (Gard), told the 'AFP the public prosecutor of Nîmes.
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It's a probable criminal case with two suspicious deaths.
The case is underway for a homicide case
, ”said Eric Maurel.
The macabre discovery took place at midday following a call from a relative of the couple who was worried about not hearing from them. On their arrival, the gendarmes found under a hangar the 73-year-old man dead in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, on the passenger seat. The 69-year-old woman who died was found in the trunk.