A 22-year-old young man was in custody on Wednesday, December 8, suspected of having killed his grandmother whose body was found the day before in a grove near Lyon, AFP learned from a judicial source.
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As part of his first hearings, he admitted having killed his grandmother but without being able to specify the motive,
" said the Lyon prosecutor to AFP, confirming information from the regional daily
Le Progrès
.
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Located then arrested in the Paris region on the night of Monday to Tuesday, the suspect had until then been lodged with his 85-year-old grandmother, in Caluire-et-Cuire (Rhône).
"Traces of blood cleaned up"
Saturday, a man went to the police in Lyon, to report the worrying disappearance of his octogenarian mother.
Two days later, the declarant's ex-wife also presented herself to the investigators, indicating that she no longer had any news from her son, the suspect, and specifying that the latter had "
complicated relations
" with his grandmother at home. who he lived.
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The investigations carried out at the home of the missing person in Caluire-et-Cuire revealed traces of blood which had been cleaned,
" added the prosecution whose investigation, initially "
open to the head of worrying disappearance
", was then prosecuted for "
kidnapping, forcible confinement and extortion
".
After the arrest of the young man and on the latter's instructions, the police found the body of the grandmother on Tuesday in a grove in the town of Caluire-et-Cuire.
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Investigations are now continuing on counts of intentional homicide and will have to determine the exact causes and circumstances of this act,
" concluded the prosecution.