The arrest went smoothly. A sixty-year-old suspected of having murdered his mother in palliative care in a nursing home in Morvan surrendered to the gendarmes on Thursday, we learned from a judicial source. The 63-year-old man went to the Fouras (Charente-Maritime) gendarmerie and was taken into police custody shortly after 3 p.m., Nevers public prosecutor Alexa said in a statement. Carpentier.
The 60-year-old was actively wanted following the death of his mother, 93, a palliative care resident at the Lormes nursing home (Nièvre). The nonagenarian was found seriously injured Wednesday, shortly before 8 pm, with “a wound to the head”, according to the prosecution, shortly after the departure of her son came to visit her. She died overnight.
Her mother was probably at the end of her life
According to the press release, the son had been called by the palliative care service, his mother being probably at the end of life. On the spot, he would have disagreed with the caregivers on the methods of taking charge of his mother.
Shortly after the events, he contacted relatives, to whom “he would have given explanations on the situation and would have assured of his willingness to surrender to the gendarmes,” added the press release. The investigation continues of the murder chief, under the direction of the Nevers prosecutor’s office. The respondent has never been convicted, according to Alexa Carpentier.