Found Deceased France - Troadec family of four, Orvault, 16 Feb 2017

[JanetElaine]

Prosecutor: Missing French family killed with a crowbar

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/reports-inheritance-at-heart-of-missing-french-family-probe/

Good lord.

 

[dotr]

http://www.cp24.com/world/prosecutor-missing-french-family-killed-with-a-crowbar-1.3312268

PARIS -- The brother-in-law of a missing French couple has confessed to killing them and their two adult children with a crowbar, then dismembering the corpses, over an old inheritance dispute, authorities said Monday.

The prosecutor in the western town of Nantes said at a news conference that Hubert Caouissin told investigators he slipped into the home of the Troadec family at night last month with the intention of retrieving a key, but found himself face to face with his brother-in-law, who the suspect said was holding a crowbar.

"It seems that the bodies were dismembered, that one part was buried, the other part burnt," prosecutor Pierre Sennes said.

 

[LadyN]

Detailed account of press conference here: http://www.20minutes.fr/nantes/2025...ocureur-apprete-faire-point-quadruple-meurtre

Forgive my poor translation, but some of the more interesting points raised:

- Hubert C entered the garage and hid in the Laundry room on the evening of the 16th, he wanted to spy on the family and gain information regarding the gold coins. He waited for the family to go to bed.
- He entered the house to get a key, Pascal and Brigitte wake and go downstairs (Pascal is alleged to have had a crowbar). A fight takes place, Hubert C takes the crowbar and killed the couple, then killed Sebastien and Charlotte.
- Hubert C returned home the next day and informs Lydie (Pascals sister), on the evening he returns to Orvault to clean.
- On the 18th he loaded the bodies into the Sebastien's car and went back to Finistere.
- Bodies were disposed of - some parts buried, some burned.
- Hubert C and Lydie clean the car and drove it to Saint-Nazaire where the car was abandoned.

 

[pinklilies]

Why was he so concerned about the gold coins if LT was his ex wife?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...murder-mystery-family-four.html#ixzz4aZKYHCEF

Caouissin was taken into custody on Sunday along with Lydie Troadec - Hubert C's ex-wife and Pascal's sister.

He is to be charged with murder, while his partner Lydie - Pascal's sister - faces charges of tampering with evidence and abetting the crime by helping him dispose of the bodies, Mr Sennes said.

Caouissin stayed until dawn before returning to his home in Brittany some 300 kilometres (180 miles) away, where he told Lydie that he had killed her brother and the other three Troadecs.

He returned on February 17 to clean up the house and remove the bodies, which he loaded into Sebastien's car the following day.

Caouissin and Lydie Troadec spent the next two or three days trying to dispose of the bodies.

They cleaned Sebastien's car, 'trying to get rid of the blood' and then left it in a church car park in the port of Saint Nazaire, about an hour's drive away, 'as a sort of diversion', Mr Sennes said.

Much more work remains to be done,' Mr Sennes said, noting that investigators still do not know where the body parts are buried.



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[LadyN]

In the night from 16 to 17 February, the man went to the home of Troadec in Orvault (Loire-Atlantique) to "spy" family, including listening to their conversations with the help of a stethoscope stuck to Doors and windows.

A Stethoscope??!! it's like the plot of a bad film. :waitasec::dunno:

http://www.lemonde.fr/police-justic...a-soeur-et-le-beau-frere_5090128_1653578.html

 

[LadyN]

Why was he so concerned about the gold coins if LT was his ex wife?


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I'm wondering if they were back together, as she has been referred to as "his partner" in some articles.

http://www.lemonde.fr/police-justic...re-membres-de-la-famille_5089754_1653578.html
In this piece the neighbours are quoted as saying:

The couple seemed to pass through a difficult time financially.

And a relative said (this is using Google translate):

There was jealousy. They had the impression of passing for losers, while Pascal and Brigitte took advantage of life.

So the jealousy/bad feeling had been building for quite some time.

 

[ambi]

This is so tragic and sad. I'm glad they were caught - this is the work of a mad man! I still can't believe it.

How does one get so angry? It's just unbelievable.

May the family rest in peace.


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[LadyN]

Body parts have been found at Hubert C's farm:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39210622

French investigators say they have discovered body parts at the farm of a man who earlier admitted killing four of his relatives.
The remains were found in a remote part of north-western Brittany after Hubert Caouissin was let out of custody to lead the investigators to the location.

 

[Ellmau]

Nasty case.

The Daily Fail has an article in Englishh based ona French paper on the gold/background: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ld-lays-French-murders-victim-s-mom-says.html