The two suspects are suspected of the murder of a 40-year-old man, whose body was found in early September in the trunk of his car.
Two people were indicted for “assassination, destruction by dangerous means and attacks on the integrity of a corpse”five months after the discovery of a charred body in a car in the north of Deux-Sèvres, we learned Thursday from the public prosecutor in Poitiers, Cyril Lacombe. Their placement in pre-trial detention was requested.
These two men, from the community of travelers according to the Western Mailare suspected of the murder of a 40-year-old man, whose body was found in early September in the trunk of his charred and abandoned car in a village located 40 km from his home.
“A futile motive” on “alcohol background”
According to a source close to the case, the house of this father, located in the town of Rétail, in the north of Deux-Sèvres, had been set on fire two days previously and local residents had claimed to have heard suspicious noises nearby.
-The trail of a settling of scores against a background of drug trafficking is ruled out by the investigators, who favor a murder for “a futile motif” on “alcohol background”according to this same source. An autopsy on the victim's body was unable to determine the cause of his death.
