The hypothesis of the family drama is privileged after the discovery on Sunday of an English couple, who died at their home, a property in Boudrac, south of Toulouse.
The body of the 65-year-old woman bears signs of beatings and strangulation.
According to
La Dépêche du Midi
, she was found lying on a sofa, a rope around her neck.
Her husband, who was 64, was found hanged.
Concerning him, because of a writing found on the spot and reporting financial difficulties, the investigators are leaning towards suicide.
According to a source close to the investigation, an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday to determine the exact causes of the two deaths, which could date back several days.
The sixty-year-old couple moved to Boudrac, near Saint-Gaudens, a year and a half ago.
He offered guest rooms.
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