A young man was indicted for the murder in August 2021 at their home of a mother and her daughter from the Sri Lankan community of Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône (Val-d'Oise), said Friday the public prosecutor's office in Pontoise and a police source, confirming information from Le
Parisien
.
On August 10, 2021, a father returns from work and discovers dead in their rooms his 51-year-old wife and his 21-year-old daughter, who were stabbed to death.
In a state of shock, he is taken care of by the emergency services.
A cousin of the victims' family
A year and a half after the events, investigators from the Versailles judicial police arrested this week a cousin of the victims' family, said the police source.
In an irregular situation, the 27-year-old young man was housed in the apartment where the tragedy took place, located about thirty kilometers northwest of Paris.
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Presented to an investigating judge, he was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention, reported the Pontoise prosecution.
“It is a great relief that the investigating judge has had his arrest and indictment proceeded since in the file all the leads lead to him, and only to him
,” Me Caty told AFP. Richard, the family lawyer.