The bodies of Maëva G. and Martin D., aged 20, were found Thursday in Normandy. The couple had disappeared on Wednesday, when they were going to do action shopping. Maëva G. and Martin D. have been in a relationship for two years and lived in Trouville-sur-Mer, report the local media.
According to the press release from the Caen Public Prosecutor, Joël Garrigue, “their death is of criminal origin, one of the bodies with important wounds on the face and the other with traces likely to correspond to ball impacts” . A suspect is actively sought. Here's what we know.
Gone by going shopping
The disappearance of Maëva G. and Martin D. was reported on Wednesday, after their car, a dark gray C1, was found in a parking lot in Saint-Martin-aux-Chartrains, 9 kilometers from their home. The couple's dog had been found alone with their leash, a few meters further, at the intersection between two roads.
“My daughter had to go shopping at Pont-l'Evêque. I exchanged with her at 12:15 p.m. and then I tried to call her at 1:15 p.m., but she didn't answer me anymore. She probably never went on the spot, because nothing was found in her trunk, “said Maëva's mother to Ouest-France. Their disappearance was reported to the national gendarmerie of Pont-l'Evêque. Calls for witnesses have also been launched by several family members on social networks.
No witnesses
No nearby trade has obviously seen something from the disappearance. “The place where the car was in a blind spot for us. And I have not heard my clients talk about anything, ”said the manager of the Douet of the Size, always with Ouest-France. The municipality of Saint-Martin-aux-Chartrains has 500 inhabitants.
Significant means of research have been deployed. Inside the car, the young woman's handbag was found. The trunk was not loaded, which suggests that they never went to Action. Telephones, including two belonging to the couple, were found in a nearby trash can. The bodies of the young couple were finally discovered Thursday on a private property of the town of Saint-Martin-aux-Chartrains.
-“No hypothesis is excluded »
“Their death is of criminal origin,” confirmed the public prosecutor of Caen, Joël Garrigue. An autopsy must take place in the coming days. Judicial information was opened against X of the chief of murder.
The Caen prosecution said that at this stage, “the circumstances in which these two young people were killed and the reasons why they were not known and no hypothesis is excluded”. But according to local media Here Normandy et Paris Normandythe crime could have taken place against the backdrop of drug trafficking.
An actively sought -after suspect
Still according to the two media, a suspect would have even been identified and would be actively sought. It would be a resident of the town of Saint-Martin-aux-Chartran, who fled aboard a vehicle, specifies Here Normandy. His vehicle was detected during his visit to the Normandy deck, towards the Seine-Maritime.
An important research device has been deployed in the neighboring department to find the suspect. A research helicopter was deployed Thursday in the morning.
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