The bodies of four people from the same family were discovered this Friday, December 7, at a place called Kerhervé, Guiclan, about ten kilometers from Morlaix. For the gendarmerie, the investigation starts. Reportage.

"We heard the news in the early afternoon. In Guiclan, we did not expect to see anything like this ... " At the bar Le Divin, in the village of this small town of a little less than 2,500 inhabitants, it is the abatement. It is 4:30 pm and a woman comes out of the troquet wiping her tears.

"Violent death"

500 meters further, the gendarmes block access to the locality Kerhervé. Below, in one of the houses in the neighborhood, four bodies were found a few hours earlier. Those of parents, in their forties, and those of their children: a six-year-old girl and an eleven-year-old boy.

The gendarmes, who are only at the beginning of their investigation, speak of a "violent death, with weapon" , without giving further details. The prosecutor of the Republic of Brest, Jean-Philippe Recapé, is also on the spot. The technicians in criminal investigation, they arrived at 4 pm, shortly before the departure of the mayor, Raymond Mercier. A forensic doctor was also expected on site.

"We could not see them very much"

Depending on the neighborhood, it was a family that did not talk much about it. "They had been there for five years, slipped a neighbor. We saw them little, only at the party district. "

A neighbor, prevented from returning home, by the barriers installed by the police, says: "I passed their house at 1 pm, but there were only firefighters and a neighbor. The gendarmes were not there yet. I noticed that the shutters were closed. "

Absent from school

The couple had a large garden of 5,000 m², which allowed them to indulge in permaculture, a technique inspired by natural ecology and tradition. They opened to the public in June 2017 as part of Operation Bienvenue dans mon jardin. "I only met them once, on this occasion," says the Mayor of the town, Raymond Mercier.

The woman's employer and the children's school were worried because they were not present, neither Thursday nor Friday morning. Firefighters were then warned. They contacted the gendarmerie, which found the tragedy. According to our information, the facts could have been committed Wednesday or Thursday.