Illustration of a gendarmerie patrol here on the outskirts of Rennes.

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C. Allain / 20 Minutes

He presented himself in a police station in Yvelines where he lives, accusing himself of the murder of his father.

On Friday, a man suspected of killing his father, a 69-year-old man found dead in his house in the Arrée mountains, was jailed, reports

Ouest-France

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The lifeless body was found by firefighters in housing in Plounéour-Menez, in Finistère.

The Parisian police officers had alerted the gendarmes after these revelations, reports

Le Télégramme

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The investigation will now have to determine when the death was dated, and under what circumstances.

According to the daily, the 39-year-old suspect is being prosecuted for murder.

His father had bought this house as a second home.

He had settled there permanently recently.

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  • Murder

  • Homicide

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