The bodies of Maëva G. and Martin D., aged 20, were found Thursday in Normandy. The couple went missing on Wednesday while going shopping at Action. Maëva G. and Martin D. had been a couple for two years and lived in Trouville-sur-Mer, local media report.
According to the press release from the Caen public prosecutor, Joël Garrigue, “their deaths are of criminal origin, one of the bodies presenting significant wounds to the face and the other presenting traces likely to correspond to bullet impacts” . A suspect is actively sought. Here's what we know.
Disappeared while 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 was found alone with its leash, a few meters further on, at the intersection between two roads.
“My daughter had to go shopping at Action in Pont-l’Evêque. I spoke 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 there, because nothing was found in her trunk,” explained Maëva’s mother to West France. Their disappearance was reported to the national gendarmerie of Pont-l'Evêque. Calls for witnesses were also launched by several family members on social networks.
No witnesses
No nearby businesses have obviously seen anything of the disappearance. “The place where the car was located is in a blind spot for us. And I didn’t hear my customers talking about anything,” testified the manager of the Auberge du Douet de la Taille, always with West France. The town of Saint-Martin-aux-Chartrains has 500 inhabitants.
Significant research resources have been deployed. Inside the car, the young woman's handbag was found. The trunk was not loaded, which suggests they never went to Action. Phones, including two belonging to the couple, were found in a nearby trash can. The bodies of the young couple were finally discovered Thursday on private property in 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 is expected to take place in the coming days. A judicial investigation was opened against X on the charge of murder.
The Caen public prosecutor's office indicated that at this stage, “the circumstances in which these two young people were killed and the reasons why they were killed are not known and no hypothesis is excluded.” But according to local media Here Normandy et Paris Normandythe crime could have taken place against a backdrop of drug trafficking.
A suspect actively sought
Still according to the two media, a suspect has even been identified and is actively sought. It would be a resident of the town of Saint-Martin-aux-Chartrains, who fled in a vehicle, specifies Here Normandy. His vehicle was detected as it passed over the Pont de Normandie, heading towards Seine-Maritime.
A major search effort was deployed in the neighboring department to find the suspect. A search helicopter was deployed Thursday morning.
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