“Whoever wants enters, whoever can goes out,” warns a sign at the entrance to this house in Bretoncelles, a small town in Orne, where the gendarmes intervened on Tuesday morning.
On site, a 52-year-old woman was killed by a shotgun blast, reports Ouest-France.
Her companion, 54, attempted suicide without success and was taken into police custody.
The gendarmes intervened around 9 a.m. Tuesday at the home of this couple, who had shared their lives for “a long time”.
The victim was reportedly killed around 9:30 p.m. the day before.
His body was discovered in the entrance by emergency services, after the family became worried that they had not heard from him.
His companion tried to end his life by turning the gun on himself in the night.
He suffered facial injuries and was hospitalized.
The 50-year-old was taken into custody in hospital.
According to actu.fr, he has already admitted the facts.
“He was a nice person, but I think he had fallen a bit into depression recently,” a neighbor described to Actu.
He worked in public works, I believe, he often did construction sites at home with excavators.
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A fatal fire and a hidden body
An investigation was entrusted to the Mortagne-au-Perche research brigade and the Caen research section.
The prosecution tells us that it will communicate during the week.
Bretoncelles, a small town of around 1,500 inhabitants, is once again in the news for dramatic reasons.
In October, it was in this village that a mother and her three children died in a serious fire.
The fire started in the early morning and the mother, her 11-year-old twins and their 8-year-old brother died.
An investigation had been opened.
In August 2022, it was again in Bretoncelles that the body of Albertine, who died many years ago, was discovered: her son had concealed her death at least ten years ago and continued to bring her shopping.