2023-12-03 17:10:10
Double murder horrifies idyllic 15-year-old French boy kills his parents
December 3, 2023, 6:09 p.m. Listen to article
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A house is on fire in a town of 800 inhabitants in eastern France. During their operation, the fire brigade discovered two bodies – they had gunshot wounds. A few days later, the 15-year-old son was arrested 600 kilometers south in Montpellier. The village is horrified.
After two bodies were found in a burned-out house in France, the alleged victims’ 15-year-old son confessed to killing his parents. The teenager admitted to the gendarmerie that he “killed his parents,” said Grenoble public prosecutor Eric Vaillant.
According to the public prosecutor’s office, the teenager, who was born in 2008, disappeared from his parents’ house following the fire. He was arrested on Saturday morning in Montpellier in the south of the country. The family’s house in the 800-inhabitant town of Châteauvillain, around 60 kilometers from Lyon, burned down on the night of last Monday. Two bodies were found in the rubble, which also had gunshot wounds.
The search for the 15-year-old son had been ongoing ever since. The identification of the two bodies is still ongoing, but according to the public prosecutor’s office, they are “presumably” the two parents. A brother who was two years older had left the house on the eve of the drama to go to his place of study. The vehicle in which the 58-year-old father usually drove to work, a Citroën Picasso, was found abandoned in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
The arrested 15-year-old has been in custody since Saturday. He is being investigated for murder and arson. The police have not yet commented on a possible motive.
The incident and the 15-year-old’s confession caused horror in the town of Châteauvillain. Daniel Gaude, the municipality’s mayor for 22 years, said he was “stunned.” “Nothing suggested anything like that,” said Gaude.
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