What do we know about the mother?
Déborah P., the mother of children aged 2, 11 and 13, herself aged 45, had not given any news since Tuesday. This Franco-Swiss woman, a teacher in a primary school in a village near Taninges, according to the rectorate of the Grenoble academy, suffers from depression. She would have left a letter then before heading towards the Swiss mountains and her car had been reported when passing through customs.
According to “Le Dauphiné Libéré”, a body was found on Wednesday, on the other side of the border, in Champéry. He was “in the vehicle usually used by the mother of the three children,” said Bonneville prosecutor Boris Duffau in a press release Wednesday evening. “The precise circumstances of the death are not yet known, an autopsy has been ordered by the canton of Valais public prosecutor’s office. Checks are still underway to ensure with certainty the identity of the deceased,” he said.
“We were surprised because she has beautiful children”
Speaking to RTL, a neighbor confided her dismay at the tragedy on Wednesday morning. “We don’t know what to say, we don’t know what was going through Déborah’s head. We don’t know what to say. Deborah, she’s my daughter’s age. They took their communion together, they were from the same year, we were surprised because she has beautiful children. We don’t know what to think, we don’t know what happened. »
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What do we know at this stage?
The three children, two boys aged 2 and 11 and a girl aged 13, were discovered lifeless in a home by the youngest child’s father, who raised the alarm. Dispatched to the scene around 12:30 p.m., emergency services were only able to note the deaths, the firefighters said.
The autopsies of the three children confirmed that they died from stab wounds, added the prosecutor, stressing that the investigation was continuing to “determine the exact circumstances of the commission of the facts”.
Where is the investigation?
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. “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.
Two establishments where she had worked received a visit on Wednesday morning from a representative of the rectorate and a “listening unit for staff and students” set up with the support of psychologists and health staff. “The resources are put in place so that staff and students can feel supported in this tragedy,” we explained to the rectorate.
