The bodies of three children were found at their home this Tuesday afternoon in Taninges, in Haute-Savoie. The mother, who is said to be depressed, is wanted by the police.
Who are the victims?
The victims are “ two boys aged 2 and 11 and a girl aged 13 “, indicated Bonneville prosecutor Boris Duffau in a press release late Tuesday. Autopsies and additional expertise will be quickly carried out by the Grenoble Medico-Legal Institute (IML), but “ From the first findings, it is established that the victims have stab wounds “. The victims belong to a blended family. The children were discovered in a home by the father who raised the alarm. Dispatched to the scene around 12:30 p.m., emergency services could only note the deaths.
Where is the mother?
Their mother, aged 45, was still “ actively sought after » in the evening. The woman, described as depressed, could not be found. She would have left a letter then taken the direction of the massifs surrounding Taninges, according to The Dauphiné liberated. A large force comprising around sixty gendarmes and a helicopter was mobilized for the search, a source close to the investigation told AFP. Gendarmes blocked access to a small isolated alley where the house where the tragedy allegedly took place is located, at the exit of the town. In the village there were also gendarmes from the Surveillance and Intervention Platoon (PSIG).
What legal consequences?
A blatant investigation for “voluntary homicides” was opened and entrusted to the gendarmes of the Bonneville research brigade with the support of the Chambéry research section. “ Several hearings of the close entourage of this blended family are underway. The investigation continues to determine the exact circumstances of the commission of the facts », According to the prosecutor. A medico-psychological emergency unit has been set up at Taninges town hall.
Taninges is a mountain commune of 3,500 inhabitants in the Giffre valley, about 50 km east of Geneva. Made up of a town center at an altitude of 600 m and several hamlets, it has a small ski resort at an altitude of 1,500 m.
