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An 83-year-old man died Tuesday January 21 in a Toulouse hospital. A few hours before, he had been found dying and half naked in his garden in Blagnac. A man was arrested. An investigation is opened for murder of a vulnerable person.
What happened around this little Blagnac pavilion? An investigation into the murder of a vulnerable person is opened after the death of an 83-year-old man on Tuesday evening in Toulouse. The case begins with the growing concern of a woman who cannot contact her father.
Very anxious, because she does not live in the immediate vicinity, the latter decides, shortly after 8 p.m., to call a couple of acquaintances who live in the neighborhood of the octogenarian. The man and woman go there and come across a difficult scene.
Outside the pavilion, the gate is open. They see a man standing in the alley. Nearby, the octogenarian lies on the ground. He is on his side, partially undressed despite the winter cold. These witnesses immediately alert emergency services. At the same time, they kept the man who was there there and called the police.
He died a few hours later
The firefighters and ambulance went to the victim’s bedside and noted that he was in serious condition. They provide him with care. In view of their findings, the rescuers decided to transport this man to the emergency room of Purpan hospital.
The police officers, who quickly arrived at the victim’s house, heard the first story from the witnesses and the 41-year-old man whom they had managed to keep with them was arrested before being placed in police custody.
-In the evening, the bad news comes. Despite the efforts of hospital nursing staff, the victim was declared dead a few hours after his admission to the emergency room.
The investigation opened for aggravated intentional violence shifts to “murder of a vulnerable person”. It is entrusted to the police officers of the territorial crime division.
The two men were in conflict
Did the man in police custody hit the victim? The autopsy, which will be carried out quickly, should provide crucial information to investigators. According to initial information, the octogenarian and the suspect knew each other.
In the past, they had been in conflict and complaints had been filed. The witnesses who were on site were interviewed. The crime scene was frozen pending the arrival of experts from the technical and scientific police. This Wednesday morning, investigators combed the scene looking for the slightest traces and clues.
The forty-year-old’s custody continued.
