France : Un homme tue ses deux fils et sa belle-mère puis se suicide
He filmed the scene and sent the images to his partner, from whom he was in the process of separating, according to his relatives: a man killed his two children and his mother-in-law before turning the weapon on himself in a village in Haute-Saône.
The tragedy took place on Wednesday evening on a plot of land surrounded by a dry stone wall, located between vineyards and woods on the heights of Gy, a town of 1,000 inhabitants 30 km north of Besançon.
The family lived in a bungalow parked on the plot, next to their house which was under construction. An above-ground pool and a swing set were located on the property, an AFP journalist observed Thursday morning.
Upon their arrival, the gendarmes discovered the bodies of two boys aged 10 and six, the father, 42 years old, and the mother of his wife, 74 years old, said the public prosecutor of Vesoul, Arnaud Grécourt, in a statement.
The bodies of the adults were found in the bungalow and those of the children in a utility vehicle parked outside.
"The two children and the 42-year-old man were allegedly killed with a shotgun," said the magistrate, who has opened an investigation for voluntary homicide.
Pending the autopsies of the four bodies, "the preferred hypothesis at this stage of the investigation is that the father, who was in the process of separating, killed the three other people before turning the weapon on himself," the prosecutor continued.
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"This tragedy, which has claimed the lives of four people, including two children, plunges our community into deep sadness and naturally arouses a great deal of emotion among us all," said Mayor Alexandre Lacroix in a statement.
He specified that about thirty firefighters and fifty gendarmes intervened.
According to a man encountered by AFP near the scene of the tragedy, who introduced himself as his cousin, the father committed the crime while his mother-in-law was coming to pick up the children.
"He filmed the scene and sent it to his wife, telling her: this is what you deserve," before forwarding the images to his brothers, said the man, named Charles Martino-Herter.
The sending of a video to his relatives was confirmed to AFP by a source close to the case.
His partner had wanted to leave him after he cheated on her several months ago, the cousin claimed. They seemed to have reconciled, going on holiday to Greece together this summer, but on Wednesday, she asked her mother to pick up the children, telling her, "I don't want to go back," according to the cousin's account.
"What hurt us the most was seeing those two young children," "full of life," who "were playing football," "were in the pool," "riding scooters on the road," a neighbor of the family, Hervé Seigneuret, told AFP.
"Nothing will explain this violence but it is very surprising because Jean-Paul (the father) was a good person, who worked, who loved people, who adored his children, who adored his dog," he stated.
"His eldest son was kind, I remember him, the kid, I can still see him with his scooter," says a resident named Liliane. "It's horrible. The kids who knew him can't believe he's dead, they're traumatized," she says.
The family belonged to the Traveller community, which reacted on Facebook: "It's horrible, we have no words," said Rémy Vienot, president of the Espoir et Fraternité Tsigane association of Franche-Comté.
The boys' mother was very involved in school life, a mother named Louise, whose 7-year-old daughter attends school in Gy, told AFP. "We saw her everywhere. Whenever there was a school fair or something, she was there."
A psychological support unit has been set up at the school. "We will remain in the school as long as necessary," stated academic director Catherine Ridard on site.
Out of "respect for the victims and their families", the Gy Municipal Council, meeting in emergency session on Wednesday evening, decided "to cancel the festive events planned for this weekend", including a fireworks display on Saturday evening.
Commentaires (10)
Je ne crois pas une seule seconde à la version de la femme.
Les sénégalais qui sont en France doivent pour leur part toujours garder la tête froide quant aux agissements de leur femme. Elles n'en valent pas la peine. et puis les enfants ne méritent pas cela, quel que soit alpha.
Surtout aux Etats Unis les hommes ne veulent plus se marier a cause de ces femmes manipulatrice qui ne voient que leurs interets et qui sont pretent a te trahir a tout moment.
Les hommes commencent a les comprendre y aura beaucoup qui ne vont jamais se marier.
Y avait ce meme scenario ici au senegal
Vous avez interet a changer les Lois sur le divorce sinon beacoup de sang va continuer de couller
Je peux comprendre que l’on puisse avoir des opinions différentes sur les lois relatives au divorce et sur les difficultés rencontrées dans certaines familles. Mais je trouve dangereux et injuste de généraliser en présentant les femmes comme « malhonnêtes », « manipulatrices » ou prêtes à trahir, et plus encore d’évoquer le sang qui continuerait à couler comme une conséquence des lois.
Les violences conjugales et familiales ne peuvent jamais être justifiées par une loi sur le divorce. Elles doivent être condamnées, quelles que soient les circonstances et quel que soit le sexe de la personne qui les commet.
Je crois profondément à la solidarité humaine et au respect de la dignité de chacun. Néanmoins, je constate qu’il y aura toujours des demeurés dans notre société. Pire, ils ont droit à la Parole.
Je souhaite que nous puissions continuer à échanger, même lorsque nous ne sommes pas d’accord, dans un esprit de responsabilité et de respect mutuel.
Beaucoup d hommes vivent dans un Calvaire infernal a cause de ces manipulatrices dont je fais allusion ils evitent le divorce parce que la.plupart du temps la loi est du cote de ces femmes .
Je parle en connaissance de cause le marriage en occident n est rien qu un scam.
Tu as une fois entendu friendship with benefit c est tout ce que certaines femmes meritent et ce qui est entrain d etre pratique au etats unis.
LEA TU ES UNE PIEUSE VERTUEUSE CA TE CONCERNE PAS.
Ya beaucoup de suicide de ce genre aux etats unis parce que apres avoir investir toute ta vie sur une femme elle se leve du jour au lendemain pour te trahir .elle se fait sauter dans ta propre maison par son boyfriend.
Le Prophete Mouhamed psl avait predit avant la fin des temps les veridiques intelligent guides seront vus par la masses comme des demeures.
Je vais continuer a prendre la parole ce monde a besoin de gens comme moi.
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