Two bodies were discovered Monday in a house in Saint-Jean-de-Gonville in Ain.
They were in the kitchen of the accommodation and bathed in a pool of blood, reports
Le Progrès
.
It would be a 76-year-old woman and her 48-year-old son.
It was the father of the family who found them in the early morning, lying on the ground.
According to the first findings on the spot, the first victim would have been hit with seven stab wounds in the chest.
The son had a kitchen knife stuck in his chest.
An autopsy must be performed on Tuesday, indicates the regional daily.
The investigators favor the track of a family drama and exclude the intervention of a third party.
The son seemed to suffer from psychological problems.
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