A drama took place late Wednesday afternoon in a house in Plédran near Saint-Brieuc in the Côtes-d’Armor. Arrived on the scene, the firefighters discovered the lifeless body of an 86-year-old woman. Seriously injured, her husband was also lying by her side with a 22 LR caliber rifle nearby, we learned from the Saint-Brieuc prosecutor’s office.
Taken to hospital, the man, also 86, was taken to hospital where he died a few hours later from his injuries.
The couple were in their second home
“The first findings and investigations direct the investigation towards a feminicide followed by the suicide of the author, thesis moreover suggested by the husband in a writing left at the scene and in which he explains his gesture”, indicates the prosecution, specifying that the couple were in their second home.
According to the first hearings conducted by the investigators, “no sign had suggested this passage to the act”. “The couple was a priori in good health and totally unknown to the judicial authority”, continues the prosecution. The investigation, entrusted to the Saint-Brieuc research brigade, is continuing to shed light on this affair.