What happened in the family home in Milly-la-Forêt (Essonne)? Two days after the tragedy, a scenario finally seems to be taking shape for the investigators of the research section of the Paris gendarmerie. On Friday, after more than 24 hours in police custody, the father and his friend were finally released.
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, they were arrested at the hospital of Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne). A few minutes earlier, the father had brought his daughter, a three-month-old infant, to the emergency room with a gunshot wound to her chest. The man, a municipal councillor in Milly-la-Forêt, explained that he had to return to the family home to find his wife, who was probably injured.
The latter was finally found about two kilometres from the home, near the town's equestrian centre. When she was discovered, she had two gunshot wounds to her chest. She was, it seems, conscious but unable to speak. She was immediately taken to the hospital in Fontainebleau. Investigators seized a .22 long rifle from the family home, which may be consistent with the injuries of the two victims.
The mother remained silent
Within minutes of being admitted to the hospital, the three-month-old baby finally died from his injuries. In the aftermath, a judicial investigation was opened for "murder of a minor under 15 years of age" and "attempted murder by spouse" by the Evry prosecutor's office. In the end, a completely different scenario emerges. On Thursday, the mother was also taken into custody for the murder of her child. "She was able to be heard on Thursday," said Grégoire Dulin, public prosecutor of the district of Évry, "during a very brief hearing where, in the presence of her lawyer, she exercised her right to silence."
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In view of his state of mental health, "a measure of psychiatric care was taken by decision of the representative of the State". A judicial investigation has also been opened to determine the exact circumstances of this tragedy. For its part, the Evry prosecutor's office has requested that the thirty-year-old be charged with "murder of a minor under the age of fifteen".