[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

[Nicolas Rigot-Muller,
the Rodez public prosecutor, said jewellery
and cash was found scattered around
her partially clothed body outside the house.

‘For his part, the body of Andrew Searle was found hanged,
without any trace of defensive wounds,’ said Mr Rigot-Muller.

Investigators have remained tight-lipped about
a possible murder suspect,
with the regional prosecutor refusing
to say whether police are looking for anyone
in connection with the deaths.

CCTV footage is providing vital clues
to solving the mystery, with detectives confident
that any potential killer will have been
picked up at some point by one of the
scores of police, traffic and private cameras
in the area.

Mr Searle, originally from England,
was seen in surveillance footage in
a tobacconist in Villefranche-de-Rouergue just hours
before he died, buying lottery tickets and chocolate.

He had experienced financial problems and had
to liquidate his holiday letting business, it emerged.]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ench-home.html



https://news.sky.com/story/post-mort...rance-13307196

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3lq3lkkn5o

would you buy lottery tickets and chocolates if you were about to commit suicide, it doesn't add up at all, this case is full of twists

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

would you buy lottery tickets and chocolates if you were about to commit suicide, it doesn't add up at all, this case is full of twists

Unless at that particular time he wasn't planing to do it. They could have had an argument later on and he snapped our something else could have happened that made him snap. Not saying that's definitely what happened but just because he bought chocolate and a lottery ticket earlier in the day doesn't mean he couldn't be responsible

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Unless at that particular time he wasn't planing to do it. They could have had an argument later on and he snapped our something else could have happened that made him snap. Not saying that's definitely what happened but just because he bought chocolate and a lottery ticket earlier in the day doesn't mean he couldn't be responsible

Yes....all it takes is a trigger. Its weird that the wife was found battered in the front garden with jewellery and money around her....its almost like it was thrown at her in a fit of rage maybe.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

Yes....all it takes is a trigger. Its weird that the wife was found battered in the front garden with jewellery and money around her....its almost like it was thrown at her in a fit of rage maybe.

Yeah, maybe she found out the extent of the financial difficulties and told him she was leaving him. Maybe he was planning it but wanted a bar of chocolate first and one last try to win some money. Again not saying that he definitely did it but it's more common for something like this to happen than a random attack

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah, maybe she found out the extent of the financial difficulties and told him she was leaving him. Maybe he was planning it but wanted a bar of chocolate first and one last try to win some money. Again not saying that he definitely did it but it's more common for something like this to happen than a random attack

Yes could well be
that sad way,

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Unless at that particular time he wasn't planing to do it. They could have had an argument later on and he snapped our something else could have happened that made him snap. Not saying that's definitely what happened but just because he bought chocolate and a lottery ticket earlier in the day doesn't mean he couldn't be responsible

I am leaning to him doing it though there was no weapon found, maybe she was running from him with her jewellery and some money ...I just dont know...you never know what goes on behind closed door they were the perfect couple apparently

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I am leaning to him doing it though there was no weapon found, maybe she was running from him with her jewellery and some money ...I just dont know...you never know what goes on behind closed door they were the perfect couple apparently

He could have killed her in the heat of an argument, panicked and maybe attempted to stage it to look like a robbery gone wrong but later decided it was pointless and ended his own life too

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally Posted by Cherie

would you buy lottery tickets and chocolates if you were about to commit suicide, it doesn't add up at all, this case is full of twists

Who knows? Someone in my year committed suicide in 2018, they found that he booked a holiday to Malaysia the morning of.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by *mazedsalv**

Who knows? Someone in my year committed suicide in 2018, they found that he booked a holiday to Malaysia the morning of.

Yeah exactly