The bodies of a father and his two-year-old daughter were recovered from Lake Geneva and an investigation into
“intentional homicide”
was opened after what appears to be a family tragedy, the Thonon prosecutor said on Monday. -the baths.
“The first findings lead us to think that he caused the death of his daughter and then his own
,” Bruno Badré told AFP, confirming information from the regional daily
Le Dauphiné
.
Home search
Sunday afternoon, a hiker discovered the two bodies submerged in the lake, near the town of Meillerie (Haute-Savoie).
Based on the first elements, the investigators suspected the father, 34, of being
“the author of the facts”
and went to his home in Lugrin, nearby, to carry out a search, according to the prosecutor.
When they arrived, they detected
“gasoline vapors
,” the Haute-Savoie prefecture said in a press release.
As a precaution, the prefect decided to establish a security perimeter and evacuated 20 houses in the neighborhood, whose occupants were relocated to a community hall.
After the deminers' visit on Monday, the alert was lifted, the search could take place and the neighbors could return home, added the prefecture.