Jérémy Rimbaud, known as the "
cannibal of the Pyrenees
", who had murdered then eaten the heart and the tongue of a nonagenarian in November 2013 in Nouilhan (Hautes-Pyrénées), escaped Wednesday January 19 from the psychiatric hospital of Toulouse in which he was interned, before being arrested a few hours later, according to information from
La Dépêche du Midi
.
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This former soldier, diagnosed with schizophrenia and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following his participation in the fighting in Afghanistan, would have escaped in the middle of the afternoon in circumstances which remain unclear at this stage before being apprehended. by men from the Anti-Crime Squad (BAC) around 10 p.m.
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As short as his run was, Jérémy Rimbaud had time to attack a 73-year-old lady who was walking her dog.
According to the regional daily, this "
dangerous predator
" would have hit her on the head with a truncheon of more than one meter.
Incoherent remarks
Alerted by the cries of the victim, a young resident came down to help him, accompanied by another neighbor.
The "
cannibal of the Pyrenees
" would then have taken fright and would have taken refuge in the stairs of a nearby house.
Surrounded by several neighbors, including one of them who would have pointed him with a rifle, the attacker would have made incoherent remarks, evoking "
hell
" to justify his act.
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Warned, the men of the BAC finally proceeded to the arrest of the man who offered no resistance. The victim meanwhile, was taken care of by the firefighters and the Samu. Conscious but seriously injured, she managed to recount her attack before being rushed to hospital. Seen by a doctor at the police station, Jérémy Rimbaud was finally taken back to the psychiatric hospital, his condition not being compatible with being placed in police custody.
In 2013, this former soldier killed a 90-year-old retiree by smashing his skull with a metal tool, before attempting to burn him.
He had also claimed to have taken, cooked and eaten the heart and the tongue of the nonagenarian, to whose home he had entered in the middle of the night.
He had mentioned "
external forces
", saying "
to have received orders by voices
".
Psychiatric experts had unanimously considered that Jérémy Rimbaud "
was suffering from a psychiatric disorder that had completely abolished his discernment
".
Declared irresponsible for his actions at the time of the events, he had not been tried and interned automatically.
