This Tuesday, the gendarmes discovered the lifeless bodies of Monique and Jean Gaillard, parents-in-law of Magali Blandin, killed by their son Jérôme Gaillard in February 2021 in Montfort-sur-Meu (Ille-et-Vilaine). Their lifeless bodies were found in their house in La Turballe, in Loire-Atlantique, learned 20 minutesconfirming information from West France. Their son, the main suspect in the murder, killed himself by hanging himself in his cell in Rennes-Vezin prison in October 2021.
According to a source familiar with the matter, the couple hanged themselves in the house they had occupied since their release in the fall of 2021. According to the same source, Jean and Monique Gaillard sent a letter to Magali’s family Blandin explaining that they were going to end their days. The alert was given on Tuesday to the gendarmerie, which immediately sent men to the scene. It is not yet known when the two retired farmers died.
The in-laws had been indicted for complicity in murder. Their son, Jérôme Gaillard, had informed them of his intentions to kill his partner Magali Blandin. The couple, who had four children, were in the process of separating. The lifeless body of the 42-year-old mother was found in March 2021 in a wood in Boisgervilly, not far from the home of Jérôme Gaillard. The husband had admitted killing him with a baseball bat on February 11.