A 24-year-old man was arrested and hospitalized in psychiatry after confessing Thursday to his father, the murder of his mother in Tours, announced Friday February 4 the parquet floor of Tours.
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The prosecution has opened a judicial investigation into the count of murder on the ascendant and entrusted the continuation of the investigations to an investigating judge.
The individual, without profession and with a clean criminal record, was arrested in the mansion he occupied with his 51-year-old mother.
“A death by asphyxiation”
The body of the victim was "
found in his room lying on the ground with a scarf tied around his neck
", indicated the public prosecutor of Tours, Grégoire Dulin, specifying that the autopsy "
confirmed death by asphyxiation
" .
.
“
The main suspect was immediately taken into custody on the count of murder on an ascendant.
Making inconsistent remarks, a medical opinion was sought from the psychiatric emergencies of the University Hospital of Tours, which deemed his condition incompatible with a measure of police custody.
He was hospitalized before his hearing could be carried out
, ”explained the magistrate in a press release.
The young man, who was not followed for psychiatric disorders according to the first elements of the investigation, was still hospitalized Friday afternoon.
According to the prosecutor, the suspect had adopted “
for a few days ” a “
strange
” behavior
, in particular taking “
comments evoking the death of one of his parents
”.
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On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the victim had sent "
SMS and a call to ask for help
" to relatives, explaining that his son "
was delirious
".
“
The investigating judge requested a psychiatric expertise to determine whether the individual was criminally responsible at the time of the act
,” Grégoire Dulin told AFP.
