The essential Confessed the man in his fifties, interviewed since Saturday afternoon. He admitted killing his 90-year-old mother this weekend in Castelmaurou, northeast of Toulouse.
The 48 hours of police detention were decisive. The fifty-year-old suspected of having killed his mother this Saturday in Castelmaurou, north of Toulouse, has just confessed. He admitted to stabbing Mauricette Tondre, a 90-year-old retiree, several times. An argument for a trivial reason would be at the center of the altercation. Since early this Monday afternoon, the victim’s son has been referred to the Toulouse prosecutor’s office, assisted by his lawyer. A judicial investigation has been opened. He will be charged with “murder of an ascendant,” the prosecutor announces.
This criminal case began this Saturday morning. As is usual on weekends, at the end of the morning, a nurse visited one of her patients, who lives on Jean Renoir Street. But when he arrives, the caretaker finds the door closed. This unusual situation worried her to the point of calling the emergency services. When they arrived, firefighters forced their way in and discovered Mauricette’s body with stab wounds. The victim has already been dead for hours and the prosecutor’s office opens an investigation.
found in a bar
The investigations carried out by the gendarmes of the investigation brigade of the Toulouse Saint-Michel company were rapid. The soldiers learn that this nonagenarian usually lives with her schizophrenic son. A unit from the Gendarmerie Surveillance and Intervention Platoon (PSIG) went out to look for him and located him in a bar. He is immediately taken into custody.
In the early hours of his hearing, he reportedly flatly denied the evidence before admitting his actions. If his story is true, it appears that this murder was not premeditated. He allegedly acted angry after an argument with his mother.
Since his childhood, this man has experienced many torments. After losing a leg in a serious traffic accident, his partner allegedly suddenly “abandoned” him. Emotional shocks that would have influenced his psychiatric condition. An evaluation should be carried out in the next few days. The autopsy of Mauricette Tondre’s body, scheduled for Tuesday, should be decisive in determining the day of her murder and comparing these elements with the suspect’s history.
In the neighborhood; Several witnesses claim that she had stopped her treatment in recent days. This hypothesis must now be verified.
