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Couple of teachers murdered in Pouyastruc: the gendarmerie relaunches the call for witnesses

2022-07-26T08:07:20.462Z


Cédric Tauleygne, 34, remains untraceable. He is suspected of having killed his former wife and her new companion in a small village in the Hautes-Pyrénées.


Almost a month after the facts, Cédric Tauleygne remains untraceable.

This 34-year-old man is the main suspect in a double homicide perpetrated in Pouyastruc, a small village in the Hautes-Pyrénées, on July 4.

The national gendarmerie has just relaunched the call for witnesses broadcast on July 8 at the request of the research section of the Toulouse gendarmerie and the investigating judge in charge of the case.

Read alsoDouble murder near Tarbes: "The two victims had become closer emotionally", according to the prosecutor

On July 4, Aurélie Pardon and Gabriel Fourmigué, two teachers working in the same establishment, were murdered.

The first is the former companion of Cédric Tauleygne.

The second, the man with whom she had started a relationship.

On the day of the incident, Cédric Tauleygne reportedly arrived on a motorcycle at the end of the afternoon at the home of Gabriel Fourmigué, a 55-year-old physical education teacher, to shoot him and his ex-wife.

Aged 32, the latter taught French at the Desaix college in Tarbes.

She was found lying in a street in Pouyastruc by neighbors who alerted the gendarmes.

Arrived on the spot, they then discovered the fifty-year-old, who died in his house, a few meters further.

The first investigations by the gendarmes of the Toulouse research section and the Tarbes research brigade quickly focused on the trail of a crime linked to the sentimental sphere.

During a press conference given at the beginning of July, the prosecutor of Tarbes had notably indicated that "

the two victims had become closer emotionally for a few weeks within the framework of a school trip

".

An individual described as “dangerous”

The fugitive is a former soldier described as athletic, 1.75m tall, with a shaved head and wearing glasses.

At the time of his escape on a motorcycle, he was apparently dressed in blue jeans and a dark leather jacket.

Worker in a factory, native of Arles and amateur of sports shooting, he is considered

"dangerous"

, according to the words of the public prosecutor of Tarbes, Pierre Aurignac.

Several dozen gendarmes had been mobilized to locate the suspect.

The sparrowhawk plan had also been triggered and a group from the Toulouse branch of the GIGN mobilized on the spot.

The fugitive's motorcycle was found near Jaca, in the province of Aragon in Spain.

"He is wanted in the Jaca sector, in Spain, but also in our department and the neighboring departments

," said the prosecutor of Tarbes, who then relinquished possession in favor of his counterpart in Pau.

The investigations are continuing

”, indicates the national gendarmerie, on the sidelines of the relaunch of the call for witnesses.

Anyone with information likely to help the investigation progress is invited to contact the Toulouse research section at this toll-free number, accessible 24 hours a day: 05.62.34.81.93

Source: lefigaro

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