She had told her daughter that she had killed two people and wanted to kill herself. A forties was found dead Saturday evening at the foot of the ramparts of Sedan (Ardennes), the body of a 74-year-old man was then discovered.
Saturday, around 7 pm, the police were "informed by a young woman that her mother had warned her that she was going to end her life by jumping from the top of the fortress of Sedan", indicates the prosecutor of Charleville-Mézières Laurent de Caigny, in a press release.
"Going immediately to the scene," the police discovered "the body of a woman who appeared to have committed suicide by throwing herself into the void," he continues. Aged 49, this woman presented "lesions compatible with a fall from a great height, which may correspond to the reported suicidal gesture" and "was indeed" the mother of the young woman.
"Psychiatric disorders"
Two firearms were also found at the scene and "seized for later examination". An autopsy must also be performed in the coming days.
According to the statements of her daughter, her mother suffered "from psychiatric disorders" and had assured her, during their "last telephone conversations" shortly before her death, that she had "attempted the life of two people", continues the prosecutor.
In charge of the investigation, the regional judicial police service (SRPJ) of Reims and the departmental security brigade of Sedan therefore looked for "possible victims" and quickly discovered the lifeless body of "an acquaintance of the deceased", 74 years old.
Firearm shooting
Found at his home in Sedan, the man presented wounds "which could correspond" to a shooting of a firearm, according to the first observations of the medical examiner, who assessed the hour of death "as having been able to intervene in the in the afternoon ”. An autopsy must be performed to clarify the circumstances of the death.
Another man, identified as "having been able to be a companion" of the deceased, is missing and actively sought out as "possible" second victim, according to Mr. de Caigny. She had "contacted" this man before she died.
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"Investigations continue to establish the links between the two dead" and "only numerous verifications, especially expert, will confirm the latest reports" of the deceased, which "would make her the likely perpetrator of a crime against 'homicide,' he concludes.
