Haute-Saône: four bodies from the same family discovered in Gy

The bodies of four people from the same family, including two children aged 6 and 9, were discovered in the town of Gy, in Haute-Saône, we learned Thursday from an official source who requested anonymity.

The bodies were discovered Wednesday evening on land housing caravans, said this source, confirming information from L'Est Republican.

Towards the family drama

According to the regional daily, the trail of a family tragedy is favored by the investigation opened for intentional homicide. In addition to the bodies of the two children, those of a man and a woman, possibly that of the mother-in-law, were found. However, the links between adults and children have not yet been established, clarified the Vesoul public prosecutor.

“This is a couple going through a divorce, who were in the process of building a house,” according to the official source, specifying that the father belonged to the Traveler community.

The Republican East was informed that the man, who was found in a mobile home unlike the three others who were in a caravan, allegedly killed his family before turning the weapon against himself. “I heard gunshots,” a neighbor told the newspaper. The mayor of the town of a thousand inhabitants visited the site before convening an extraordinary municipal council.