“Today, when I think of him, my face lights up. But the wound is still open. The lack is terrible. » It took six years for Nathalie Géraux, 55, to talk about her son. Six years to tame this incredible pain that crushes the heart and numbs the body.
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Twenty-one stab wounds
His son Yoann died on September 25, 2018 in Rosporden (Finistère). He was 21 years old. Her ex-boyfriend, aged 24, stabbed her twenty-one times. There will be no trial, he killed himself in prison. “Right after his indictment”, breathes Nathalie Géraux.
“Everything changed” that September night. Six years later, the mother feels the need to rewind the sequences that led to the tragedy.
“It was his first great love story, remembers Nathalie Géraux. But after six months of dating, things started to change. Exhausted, stressed, my son lost weight. There was a clean break at his initiative in June 2018. When his ex-friend felt that he was not coming back, he emotionally blackmailed him and harassed him. There was manipulation, lies. But never physical violence. »
“Excessgod » , Yoann ends up accepting a meeting “not far from home. Until the last moment, he didn't tell me about it. Before he left the house to join him, we just had a chance to chat a little. »
“The Last Message”
The meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. “After an hour, I sent him a message, continues his mother. He replied to me that “ it was hot » but that was okay. At 10:30 p.m., I texted him again. “ That's it, I'm going back », he replied. This is the last message I received from my son. »
Nathalie Géraux goes to bed with these words. “Around 12:30 a.m., I woke up with a start. I went to his room, he wasn't there. I was panicking. Through the window, I saw my neighbor firefighter rushing off… I called and called… My son no longer answered. »
The meeting point is only five minutes from the family home. “On y…
