The bodies of a 48-year-old father and his two-year-old daughter, both shot dead, were discovered Wednesday September 15 at their home in Trôo (Loir-et-Cher), learned Thursday in a press release from the public prosecutor of Blois, Frédéric Chevallier.
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According to the findings made on the spot and the investigations carried out by the gendarmes, "
the most probable hypothesis is that the man killed his daughter before putting an end to her life
", explains the magistrate. The autopsy of the body of the child concludes "
with a consecutive death with two shots fired from a rifle, undoubtedly that found at the scene of crime
". The autopsy of the body of the father was still in progress Thursday evening, but the first observations "would
demonstrate the presence of three shots carried with the same weapon
", shots "
compatible with a suicide
".
“
The very recent separation of the child's father and mother is believed to be at the origin of this crime followed by this suicide. The continuation of the investigation will make it possible to specify exactly the reality of it
”, writes Frédéric Chevallier, adding that no complaint“
had been registered by a police or gendarmerie service in connection with this separation
”. Psychological help was provided urgently to the mother of the deceased child.