A large security perimeter has been set up in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, a town in the suburbs of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine). Three people from the same family, two women and a man, were found dead on Wednesday in a house, located rue de la Table-Ronde. The police were still on site at 8 p.m. and access to the street was blocked.
“On the spot, the bodies of the three deceased people were discovered by the firefighters. The man was found hanged, the woman lying on her bed and their daughter on the floor of her room, ”said Philippe Astruc, public prosecutor of Rennes, confirming information from Ouest-France.
He is a father, aged 50, employed in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine as a maintenance agent for a college, his wife, aged 62, retired, and of their 25-year-old daughter. Wednesday afternoon, the firefighters went to the scene, a residential street, because the employer of the young woman was worried about her absence.
A writing signed by the hand of the man found
“The first medico-legal findings revealed the existence of trauma to the body of the woman (60-year-old). On the other hand, no trace of violence was visible on the body of his daughter”, indicated the magistrate, specifying that autopsies were ordered “in order to determine precisely the causes of death”. It could be a double homicide followed by a suicide of the father.
“A writing was found at the family home, apparently signed by the hand of the man, in which he announced that he was ending his life as well as those of his partner and his daughter. He attributed his actions to a malaise that could be linked to a serious illness from which he would be suffering, ”added Philippe Astruc.
A handwriting comparison review should be done to verify the origin of this writing. A flagrant investigation was opened and entrusted to the departmental security of Ille-et-Vilaine under the qualification of assassinations. No element noted at this stage suggests an external intervention.
The family was unknown to the judicial authorities, both criminally and civilly and particularly in family matters. No complaint or handrail was recorded concerning them, according to the same source.