Overview
- Emergency services found the man in cardiac arrest at a rue des Plants-Bruns apartment late Thursday and could not revive him.
- Early investigative findings indicate he had been restrained and gagged with adhesive tape, with asphyxiation among the possibilities being examined.
- The wife and three adult children were detained on suspicion of voluntary homicide of an ascendant, a broad qualification that could shift to violence causing death without intent.
- The relatives told police they tied him to control alleged drunken violence, then called for help when he appeared to suffer a medical episode.
- The body was sent to the Garches forensic institute for autopsy as the Pontoise prosecutor’s office has yet to issue a statement, and records show the family had no prior police or judicial history.