Overview
- The 64-year-old called his 42-year-old neighbor to a field in Courcoury, saying a bovine was stuck in a cornadis, then shot him with a shotgun.
- Shortly before 9:20 a.m., the suspect died by throwing himself under a TER train in Montils, ending any prosecution against him.
- An investigation for assassinat has been opened and assigned to the Saintes gendarmerie’s brigade des recherches.
- Authorities are examining whether the suspect blamed the neighbor for reporting him, a line of inquiry that remains under investigation.
- The prosecutor noted the suspect’s farm was in judicial liquidation and that a separate preliminary case for alleged asset diversion, undeclared work and fraud was opened by the Saintes prosecutor’s office following a veterinary services signalement.