Three days after the discovery of a dead couple in their apartment in Digne-les-Bains, the investigation, opened for voluntary homicide, is moving towards a homicide followed by a suicide, indicated to AFP the prosecutor of Worthy.
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In the current state of the investigations, the preferred thesis is that of a homicide followed by a suicide
”, declared Rémy Avon, confirming information from the daily newspaper
La Provence.
No known domestic violence
The continuation of the ballistic investigations will make it possible to determine if the track of a feminicide is specified, as seems to privilege it a source close to the file.
According to the results of the autopsies, the 23-year-old man and the 22-year-old woman were both killed by firearm, according to the prosecutor.
The couple was not known for domestic violence, said Remy Avon.
The investigation was entrusted to the Urban Security Brigade (BSU) of the Digne-les-Bains police station.