Children killed in Taninges: a woman’s body found in Switzerland, it is most likely the mother of the family

It was in a car, parked in Switzerland, on the other side of the border with Haute-Savoie, that investigators found a woman’s body, France Bleu Pays de Savoie learned this Wednesday from consistent sources. It is very likely that this is the mother of three children killed the day before in Haute-Savoiebut the body found has yet to be identified. Fingerprints were taken.

The vehicle is indeed that of the mother

“On November 13, 2024, the Swiss authorities in the canton of Valais notified the French judicial authorities of the discovery, in the vehicle usually used by the mother of the three children, of the body of a woman. The precise circumstances of the death are not known. still known, an autopsy has been ordered by the canton of Valais prosecutor’s office. Checks are still underway to ensure with certainty the identity of the deceased. noted Boris Duffau the public prosecutor of Bonneville in a press release published Wednesday evening.

“Moreover, the autopsies of the three children carried out by the Institut Médico Légal (IML) of Grenoble confirmed the fatal stab wounds. The investigation carried out by the Bonneville research brigade continues in order to determine the exact circumstances of the commission of the facts”, further specifies the press release.

The mother of the family was sought by more than sixty gendarmes since Tuesday afternoonwhen his relatives discovered his three children stabbed to death in their chalet in Taninges. In the house, they also found a letter from the mother, but there was no sign of her. Very quickly, investigators suspected this mother, a 45-year-old teacher, who was depressed, of this triple murder. They are directing their research towards Switzerland because it benefits from dual Franco-Swiss nationality. The possibility of a flight abroad was immediately favored by the police. According to information from our colleagues from RTS, confirmed by France Bleu Pays de Savoie, it was in the canton of Valais, in Champéry, that the vehicle was finally found. According to our information, the body was found around 10 a.m.

On Tuesday, at midday, family members discovered the three children, stabbed to death in their home. The deceased children, two boys aged 2 and 11 and a girl aged 13, were blended siblings. The two eldest were the fruit of a first union and the youngest, the son of Déborah P.’s current companion, with whom she lived in the house where the three bodies were found.