The Blois Vienne district is still full of posters looking for Odile Malfray, an 81-year-old resident who has been missing since Monday November 18. Her two daughters have struggled in recent days to find her. The police discovered traces of freshly cleaned blood at the home and opened an investigation for kidnapping and sequestration.
A march was even scheduled to take place this Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 9 a.m., in the neighborhood. But, shortly before noon, all the traders were shocked. The information is circulating: the body of the octogenarian was found the day before around 5:30 p.m., after a walker raised the alarm. He had just discovered a suspicious bag between Blois and Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt, approximately 3 km from the victim's home.
Deep cuts on his neck
The police, a public prosecutor and a forensic doctor quickly arrived on site. They discovered Odile Malfray's body curled up in the bag, her legs folded cross-legged across her chest, her face covered with a towel.
According to our information, confirmed by the public prosecutor Charlotte Beluet, the octogenarian's face was literally smashed, undoubtedly by a heavy object, while the victim's neck bears deep cuts, probably inflicted by a bladed weapon. knife type. An autopsy will be carried out on Monday at the Tours forensic institute.
The staircase shared by the three tenants, which serves the victim's apartment and that of the man who was arrested.
© (Photo NR, Jérôme Dutac)
“She was an adorable, independent little grandmother, we saw her doing her shopping every day, even Monday. It was really his neighborhood”confides a trader. The relatives did not believe for a second that it was a cognitive problem. Odile Malfray had neither health nor orientation problems. And daily contact with his children. “She always told me when she had to be gone, testifies the direct neighbor. Every Wednesday, she looked after her little girls. We had our little rituals, every Monday evening we saw each other because I brought him eggs. »
But not this Monday, and the victim's neighbor is all the more in shock. Their building only has three apartments: his on the ground floor, the victim's on the first and a third on the top floor occupied by a single 35-year-old man.
On Friday, this man was arrested and taken into police custody. He claims to have discovered the lifeless body and admits to having cleaned the traces of blood before transporting the corpse 3 km from the building. He denies having killed her and assures that his neighbor was already dead when he found her.
“He was always awkward with us”
So what really happened on Monday after the last witness, the victim's housekeeper, spoke to him? According to the neighbor, the victim intended to go speak to the man in police custody. “He was always awkward with us. He vacuumed in the middle of the night, regularly let his shower tray overflow at any time, and the water ran at Odile's house. They told him, but he didn't seem to understand. »
The man, who has no criminal record, did not work, and according to the neighborhood was under the guardianship of his mother until her fairly recent death. An isolated man, with a psychological profile who questioned and who always walked on foot with a backpack. “We knew almost nothing about him, not even his first name. »
“We are in shock at this violent, incomprehensible death. We have the feeling of not having been able to protect the victim. » The investigation was entrusted to the Tours judicial police service. The scientific police carried out an examination of the two apartments during the day on Saturday.
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