French police searching for a missing family have launched a murder probe after five bodies were found buried in the garden of their home. The gruesome discoveries began with a severed leg being dug up at the house in Nantes.
Then officers found the corpses, which had bullet wounds.
Officials say the bodies are believed to be those of Agnes Dupont de Ligonnes, 49, and her four children: Arthur, 21; Thomas, 18; Anne, 16; and Benoit, 13.
Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes, the father, remains missing and there are no signs of a struggle in the house.
The family disappeared on April 3 or 4. Police believe they were kidnapped and killed. Their two dogs were also found buried.
The case has been complicated further by strange notes and emails obtained by officers.
One letter suggests the family wanted to move to Australia, while an email sent by the father said he was a secret US agent about to testify in a drug case, and leaving to join a witness protection programme.
Post-mortem examinations are set to take place on the bodies on Friday. Source
1 comments (read or post your own):
Well well well. The worst of the United States has migrated to the Continent. How sad is this story. Sounds very much like he shot them all in a fit of anger and then sent out conflicting messages to explain their absence. Niiiiiiiiiice. And I wonder how many signs of mental illness, depression or maniacial behavior were present prior to this tragedy? Devout Catholic, they call him. Uh huh. Clearly. The only proper resolution to this story is to find he also killed himself. Because otherwise I'm just not going to sleep tonight.
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