Overview
- Nantes prosecutors placed a 60-year-old woman and an 82-year-old man under formal investigation for sequestration with torture or acts of barbarity.
- The woman suspect was remanded in pretrial detention, while the man was released under judicial supervision.
- The 45-year-old, described as psychologically vulnerable, fled to neighbors on 14 October and was hospitalized in hypothermia.
- Investigators say a perquisition confirmed accounts of confinement in a garage with the door blocked from outside and extremely precarious living conditions.
- The inquiry is examining suspected diversion of the victim’s funds after she dropped off administrative records in 2022, and the suspects acknowledged parts of the facts while minimizing them.