The arrest went smoothly.
A sixty-year-old went to the gendarmes on Thursday, suspected of the murder of his mother, in palliative care in an Ehpad in Morvan, we learned from a judicial source.
The 63-year-old man went to the Fouras (Charente-Maritime) gendarmerie and was taken into police custody shortly after 3 p.m., Nevers prosecutor Alexa Alexa said in a statement. Carpentier.
Her mother was probably at the end of her life
The 60-year-old was actively sought after the discovery of his mother, 93, a palliative care resident at the Lormes nursing home (Nièvre).
The nonagenarian was found seriously injured Wednesday, shortly before 8 pm, "a wound to the head", according to the prosecution, shortly after the departure of her son, who came to visit him.
She died during the night.
According to the press release, the son had been called by the palliative care service, his mother being probably at the end of life.
On the spot, he would have disagreed with the caregivers on the methods of taking charge of his mother.
He would have assured of his will to surrender to the gendarmes
Shortly after the events, he contacted relatives, to whom "he would have given explanations on the situation and would have assured of his willingness to surrender to the gendarmes", adds the press release.
The investigation continues, of the head of assassination, under the direction of the public prosecutor's office of Nevers.
The respondent has never been convicted, according to Alexa Carpentier.
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