What do we know about the mother?
Déborah, the mother of children aged 2, 11 and 13, is 45 years old and has not been heard from since Tuesday. She is a teacher in a primary school in a village near Taninges, indicated the rectorate of the Grenoble academy, and suffers from depression. She left a letter then headed for the surrounding mountains, according to “Le Dauphiné Libéré”.
Around sixty gendarmes are mobilized, notably the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM), as well as a helicopter to try to find the mother. A flight abroad has not been ruled out by the authorities, “Le Dauphiné Libéré” said this Wednesday. Divers from Aix-les-Bains, Valence and Evian were also sent to the site to probe the water points, added the gendarmerie.
“We were surprised because she has beautiful children”
At the microphone of RTL, a neighbor confides her dismay in the face of the tragedy. “We don’t know what to say, we don’t know what was going through Déborah’s head. We don't know what to say. Deborah, she's my daughter's age. They took their communion together, they were from the same year, we were surprised because she has beautiful children. We don't know what to think, we don't know what happened. »
What do we know at this stage?
The three children, two boys aged 2 and 11 and a girl aged 13, were discovered lifeless in a home by the father of the youngest who raised the alarm. Dispatched to the scene around 12:30 p.m., emergency services were only able to note the deaths, the firefighters said.
Autopsies and additional assessments will be quickly carried out by the Grenoble Medico-Legal Institute (IML), but “from the first findings, it is established that the victims have stab wounds”, said the Bonneville prosecutor on Tuesday evening. , Boris Duffau.
Where is the investigation?
A blatant investigation for “voluntary homicides” was opened and entrusted to the gendarmes of the Bonneville research brigade with the support of the Chambéry research section. “The investigation continues to determine the exact circumstances of the commission of the facts,” according to the prosecutor. A medico-psychological emergency unit has been set up at Taninges town hall.
Two establishments where she had worked received a visit on Wednesday morning from a representative of the rectorate and a “listening unit for staff and students” set up with the support of psychologists and health staff. “The resources are put in place so that staff and students can feel supported in this tragedy,” we explained to the rectorate.
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