Overview
- The Nantes prosecutor says a 45-year-old, described as psychologically fragile, escaped on October 14 and was hospitalized in hypothermia after seeking help from neighbors.
- The suspects, a 60-year-old woman and an 82-year-old man, are under formal investigation for sequestration with torture or acts of barbarity, as well as fraudulent abuse of a person’s psychological or physical subjection.
- A judge ordered pretrial detention for the woman and judicial supervision for the man, with the inquiry continuing under an examining magistrate in Nantes.
- Searches at the property corroborated key claims, including a garage door blocked from the outside with cinderblocks and living conditions involving a deckchair, improvised toilets, and food mixed with dishwashing liquid.
- Prosecutors say the victim had effectively vanished from administrative records since 2022, with bank activity limited to transfers benefiting the suspects, who admitted part of the facts while minimizing their responsibility.