Two people found dead in North Sarthe: an investigation opened for murder

Two bodies were found in a town in North SartheWednesday May 22, 2024.

Information revealed by Le Maine Libre and that the public prosecutor of Le Mans, Delphine Dewailly confirmed to L’Orne Hebdo.

While the commune was initially not mentioned, the prosecutor indicated in a press release that the events took place at Saint-Jean-d’Assébetween Le Mans and Beaumont-sur-Sarthe.

“Gunshots heard”

“On May 22, 2024, emergency services were called by neighbors when a man had just fired a gun. firearm on his ex-spousebefore kill oneself by using the same weapon,” confirms the Prosecutor’s Office.

The events took place “near the home of the lady, who was preparing to return home. »

Neighbors, present at the time of this feminicide, “were able to describe the unfolding of the facts to gendarmesimmediately arrived on the scene.

The perpetrator of the fatal shots was aged 73 years oldhis ex-partner 67 years old.

The man has already been tried for harassment

Separated for almost two years, the couple had already attracted the attention of the services, during the summer of 2023. “The man had been placed in jailbrought before the Prosecutor and placed under judicial supervision until the hearing, where he was to be tried, for acts of harassment towards Madam,” reports the Prosecutor’s Office.

The Le Mans criminal court had “ relaxed the person concerned by the head of the prosecution”, in December 2023, at the end of the hearing. “The Prosecutor has appeals of this decision and the file was to be examined by the Court of Appeal next September.”

Investigation into premeditated murder

The investigation opened for “ premeditated murder » was entrusted to the Sarthe Gendarmerie Group.

The gendarmes “carry out all the findings and investigations useful for fully establishing the circumstances of these tragic facts“.

Furthermore, the France Victimes association was contacted by the Public Prosecutor’s Office “in order to provide assistance and assistance to relatives and witnesses to the facts.

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