The events took place within the Tabacs residence, located at 68 rue Gambetta, just opposite the tobacco factory. A popular habitat with a dilapidated facade. It was within the residence that the alleged murderer caused a reign of terror among some of his neighbors. From his victim and, at least, another who subsequently declared himself (a doctor had given him ninety days of ITT last summer following blows received), the thirty-year-old extorted money. money by torturing them. Thursday morning, he gave it too much.
According to a press release from the prosecution, it was the torturer himself who called for help, indicating that he seemed in very bad shape, even dead. It was 2:30 a.m. when firefighters intervened at the victim's home.
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When the firefighters arrived, the person appeared to be giving the victim a cardiac massage. However, he did not wait for the gendarmes to be there and left the place. The Agen public prosecutor, dispatched to the scene, contacted the Tonneins Research Brigade. The first forensic investigations were immediately carried out. The magistrate also requested the intervention of a forensic doctor from the Bordeaux Medico-Legal Institute. The examination and lifting of the body by the pathologist made it possible to identify several marks and wounds, some of which did not appear contemporary with the death. The pathologist considered it unlikely that a fall had caused all the injuries.
The Bordeaux Research Section was also requested, and thanks to the agents of Suge, SNCF security, the tortured neighbor who had left the Lot-et-Garonne department was arrested at the Bordeaux station. He was then taken into custody late Thursday morning. The use of video images from his mobile phone with which he filmed the acts of torture and barbarity that he inflicted on the victim, as well as the technical investigations and the neighborhood investigation, confounded him for good despite his denials.
