Drama in the Marne.
A girl and a woman, her mother according to the first elements of the investigation, were shot dead Monday near Loisy-sur-Marne, announced the prosecution, which specified that a man, probably the father suspected of killed, was taken into custody.
They were shot in a caravan near Loisy-sur-Marne, a town 75 km south of Reims.
The police were preparing to arrest a couple wanted for having kidnapped the girl several weeks ago, said the prosecutor of Châlons-en-Champagne, Ombeline Mahuzie.
Investigation for spousal homicide and homicide of a minor
At the time of the arrest, the police heard the explosions and discovered the 47-year-old woman and the 9-year-old girl, fatally shot in the head.
They immediately arrested the man who was at the scene, also 47 years old.
An investigation for homicide of a spouse and homicide of a 15-year-old minor was opened and entrusted to the research section of the Reims gendarmerie.
The family had obviously taken refuge in the caravan set up near the road, where the hygienic conditions were deplorable, said the prosecutor of Châlons-en-Champagne.
The girl had been placed with the child services, and her parents had kidnapped her several weeks ago, which had triggered the opening of an investigation entrusted to the judicial police by the Auxerre prosecution.
