This is a terrible new news item. On November 12, Déborah P.'s parents were surprised not to have seen their three grandchildren, two boys aged 2 and 11 and a 13-year-old girl, at lunchtime. But where are they? The Dauphiné Libéré explains that they went to the chalet occupied by the blended family and located a stone's throw from their home. Once there, they discovered the lifeless bodies of the three children but also a letter left by the mother of the family, their daughter.
The latter was, for her part, at the wheel of her vehicle, heading towards Switzerland.
But why would Déborah P. want to kill her children?
A 45-year-old primary school teacher, the investigation has so far indicated that she was suffering from depressive disorders. According to media information, the mother had recently been transferred after being the subject of a
“petition and several reports from mothers of students”. The parents had mentioned the “severity of the latter with children”, can we read.
For other parents, the mother's behavior was not logical given her attitude towards them: “We could never have expected something like that from such a radiant person.”
Triphe infanticide: but what happened?
Following the discovery of the bodies of the three children, an investigation into intentional homicide was quickly opened. The authorities issued a wanted notice for the mother, who could not be found until the next day. Swiss police quickly contacted French investigators to let them know that
the body of a woman was found in Champéry, “in the vehicle usually used by the mother of the three children”, explained Bonneville prosecutor Boris Duffau in a press release Wednesday evening. The latter will therefore not be able to provide answers concerning the murder of her three children.
Autopsies have been requested to determine the circumstances of the children's deaths. According to doctors, they died from stab wounds.
But what happened? The teacher was known in the village as she was very popular. She was a flautist and treasurer of the music school of the Haut-Giffre station. The latter lived with her companion, the father of the youngest boy,
“in a hamlet a little far from the town in a somewhat idyllic setting”, according to Gilles Péguet, the mayor of Taninges. The parents and grandparents lived nearby.
Déborah P.: a woman described as “odious” by some parents
The teacher was not unanimous. Many parents said she should not work with their children. “She was not at all cut out to be a teacher. She was obnoxious to children,” we could first read. According to several testimonies, she had the habit of forcing her students to “stay standing because they moved too much, throwing kits in their faces”, it is specified. Complaints which therefore prompted the establishment to make her change schools. Could his health concerns have taken over? Has she done the irreparable thing by attacking her own children?
