Overview
- In Lyon, prosecutors opened an investigation for intentional homicide after a 72-year-old woman was found dead at home on Sunday.
- The Lyon victim’s son was arrested for suspected parricide, then removed from custody after a medical exam deemed him unfit and he was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility.
- Lyon’s territorial crime division is leading the probe, and forensic examinations have been ordered to establish the exact cause of death.
- In Fréjus, a 64-year-old woman was discovered Sunday night with injuries likely caused by a sharp weapon, and her 37-year-old son was arrested at the scene.
- The Fréjus suspect was presented to an investigating judge on Tuesday, formally charged with killing an ascendant and remanded in detention, as police and local reports note he had a hand injury, likely called for help himself, and was subdued with a stun device.