The alert was given by the nurse. An 88-year-old man was discovered dead this Sunday morning around 6:30 a.m. in Givenchy-en-Gohelle, near Lens, in Pas-de-Calais, reports The voice of the North. A little later, a family member admitted to being the perpetrator, according to the deputy prosecutor of Arras, present on the scene.
“We do not know what would have motivated his action”
“This is a homicide of an elderly person. The investigation will determine what method was used. In the wake of the discovery of the body, a member of the family would have spontaneously recognized the facts. But we do not know for the moment what would have motivated his gesture, ”explains the substitute to the regional daily.
The suspect was taken into custody. The investigation was entrusted to the Arras Gendarmerie Research Brigade.