Var: a woman admits to having killed her 89-year-old mother with a hunting rifle
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- A 59-year-old woman confessed to killing her 89-year-old mother with a hunting rifle in La Seyne-sur-Mer.
- Placed in police custody for “murder on an ascendant”, she was drunk at the time of her arrest.
- A Winchester rifle was seized at the scene.
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Why It Matters
The 59-year-old woman lived alone with her mother, who suffered from a neurodegenerative disease. She was already known to the courts for violence and drunken behavior, and would have been monitored for depression.
A 59-year-old woman, placed in police custody on Sunday after the shooting death of her 89-year-old mother in La Seyne-sur-Mer (Var), confessed to the police to having killed her with a hunting rifle, said the Toulon prosecutor's office.
According to the first elements of the investigation, she lived alone with her mother, who suffered from a neurodegenerative disease, indicates the prosecution. The lifeless body of the octogenarian, visibly killed by a firearm, was found on Sunday at 3:00 a.m. at her home by police officers from the La Seyne-sur-Mer police station, informed by those close to the family.
A Winchester rifle seized on site
Her daughter, present on the spot, indicated that she had shot her mother with a hunting rifle and was placed in police custody on the charge of “murder on the ascendant”, further specifies the prosecution. She was “alcoholized” at the time of her arrest.
The alleged murderer was already known to the courts “for violence and drunken behavior” and “would have been followed for depression”, indicates the Toulon prosecutor. According to a police source, the mother died of a gunshot to the head and a Winchester rifle was seized on site.
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The 59-year-old woman will be brought before an investigating judge for “murder of an ascendant”.
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Open Questions
- What were the exact circumstances of the shooting?
- What will be the outcome of the legal proceedings?
