An 80-year-old resident killed with a shovel? An ongoing investigation in Saint-Pierre-du-Regard

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A resident of Saint-Pierre-du-Regard (Orne) is surprised not to have seen the news of a death in his town, “it would have taken place on rue du Hoyer”. The interlocutor even mentions the hypothesis of a murder.
According to our information, a person from Saint-Pierre-du-Regard has actually died during the summer. At this stage, there is nothing to confirm or deny that it was a murder.

A man arrested by the police

The victim would be “an 80-year-old man”, according to a resident of the town, preferring to remain anonymous. By cross-checking the information, we discover that the person died at the Caen Hospital Center, August 18, 2024.

Different versions circulate within the village: “it would have been killed with a shovel », According to one of our interlocutors. ” HAS fork shots», According to a second. “He was in a wheelchair after having health problems,” adds another source.

One man, however, was arrested by the police.

An investigation is underway

The tragedy would have taken place at the end of the day “there were six or seven gendarmes on the square,” remembers another resident of the town. “But I didn’t hear the news until a week and a half later. »

“Something happened, but we don’t know the origins of the conflict», specifies a local resident.

An altercation, between the victim and another person, took place in the town a few weeks earlier, but we do not know if it is related.

For its part, the secretariat of the Argentan public prosecutor indicates that an instruction is in progresswithout wanting to communicate on the matter.

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