The 78-year-old victim was discovered on January 2 at his home in Quimper, “his head stuffed in a plastic bag” in “the bathtub filled with corrosive products”.
He fled before being arrested on Sunday. A 47-year-old man admitted to having stabbed his septuagenarian father several times, whose body was found almost a month later in his apartment in Quimper.
It was relatives who found the victim dead on January 2 at his home. The body of this 76-year-old former mechanic was discovered “in his bathtub, his head wrapped in a plastic bag, and the bathtub having been filled with corrosive products”according to a press release from Quimper prosecutor Cécile Flamet.
“Difficult personal situation”
Presented in the afternoon to an investigating judge from the criminal division of the Brest court, the accused was indicted on charges of “murder on ascendant», «torture or barbaric act on ascendant» et «attack on the integrity of a corpse», Specified the Brest prosecutor, Camille Miansoni. He was placed in pre-trial detention.
His son, placed in police custody on Sunday, admitted to having stabbed his father several times during “of an argument, which occurred at the beginning of December 2024”according to the same source. In a “difficult personal situation”he explained that he first wanted to reconnect with his father, with whom he had cut ties for around two years. But cohabitation between the two men went badly, both reproaching each other, “both reproaching each other regarding family history.»
-Hit him to “shut him up”
The suspect said he could not stand his father's criticism and stabbed him several times during an argument, in order to “silence him”according to his statements. He then moved the body into the bathtub, hiding it with bags and objects, before buying “chemicals intended to reduce odors”.
He then continued to live in the apartment, before fleeing in early January. Late Tuesday afternoon, he was still being presented to an investigating judge from the criminal division of the Brest court, Brest prosecutor Camille Miansoni told AFP.
