A 56-year-old man was found tied in the trunk of a car in the parking lot of a supermarket in Sarthe on the night of Wednesday January 1st to Thursday January 2nd. The day before, individuals carried out a home-jacking at his home in Ain.
An incredible story with many gray areas. A 56-year-old man was found by police officers tied up in the trunk of a car in Sarthe, on the night of Wednesday January 1 to Thursday January 2, 600 kilometers from his home, in Ain, BFMTV learned Thursday January 2, from consistent sources. He and his family were the victims of a homejacking the day before, New Year's Eve.
• Found in a parking lot during a police search
During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, police officers carried out a patrol near the city of Le Mans. Around midnight: 15, they decided to check a vehicle located in the parking lot of a supermarket in the town of Saint-Pavace.
The police discovered a tied man inside the trunk, bearing signs of beatings. The man was also doused with gasoline. His vital prognosis was not in jeopardy.
Questioned by investigators, the man said he had been the victim a little earlier, in the company of his wife and daughter, of a homejacking at his home in Ain, 600 km from where he was. find.
• A home-jacking occurred at his home the day before in Ain
In fact, on Tuesday December 31, New Year's Eve, a homejacking, i.e. a burglary involving violent acts, was carried out at a family residing in the village of Saint-Genis-Pouilly, in Ain, BFMTV learned from sources close to the investigation.
The mother and daughter were tied up and the father was kidnapped and taken by force into a car. This man, whose life is today not considered to be in danger, is the one who was found the next day in the trunk of a car near Le Mans.
In Ain, the burglary was carried out by individuals with their faces masked by a balaclava and armed, according to our information. They have not yet been identified.
• A ransom note sent to the influencer son
According to sources close to the investigation at BFMTV, the son of the family targeted by the home-jacking received a ransom demand, the amount of which is not known.
A cryptocurrency influencer, this man, whose identity has not been leaked, lives in Dubai. There is no evidence to indicate that he was present in Ain at the time of the home-jacking.
• Two suspects on the run wanted
When the police checked a vehicle near Le Mans, two people were on board. But seeing the police approaching them, both fled on foot. The Bourg en Bresse public prosecutor's office told BFMTV “that no arrests have been made.”
In the rush, the suspects lost at least one hood, BFMTV learned from sources close to the case. Now in the wild, they are actively sought by law enforcement.
A flagrant investigation into kidnapping, arrest, kidnapping or arbitrary detention committed by an organized gang was entrusted to the research section of the Lyon gendarmerie and the Gex research brigade.
Matthias Tesson, Guillaume Biet with Juliette Desmonceaux
