Overview
- After a six-hour questioning in Sion, Jacques Moretti was taken to jail and Jessica Moretti was confined at home with an electronic bracelet and her travel documents withdrawn.
- Authorities pointed to a risk of flight tied to Jacques Moretti’s French citizenship and past record, with concerns also raised about potential witness contact and missing material.
- The couple are under investigation for negligent arson, manslaughter and bodily injury in a blaze that killed 40 people, including six Italians, and injured 116.
- Evidence handling is under scrutiny after investigators initially did not seize the couple’s devices and social-media material was deleted showing pyrotechnic bottles and 2015 renovations, as local inspections reportedly lapsed since 2019–2020.
- Italian prosecutors have opened parallel inquiries and ordered autopsies in multiple cities, while families prepare civil action and question relatively low compensation ranges reported under Swiss guidelines.