The sole survivor of the Montreux tragedy, which ended in the death of a family two months ago, spoke to investigators. The thesis of collective suicide remains privileged.
The hypothesis of the collective suicide of a French family in Montreux, Switzerland two months ago, remains privileged after the sole survivor was able to speak to investigators, police said on Wednesday. The survivor, the family’s 15-year-old son, remains hospitalized and is being treated for multiple broken bones after jumping seven stories. However, he “currently has no memory” of the day of the tragedy, according to a media release from the cantonal police of Vaud (West).
The five members of the French family, including the two children, had climbed down the balcony of their apartment using a small stepladder before rushing into the void one after the other. “Based on the investigations carried out after the Montreux tragedy on Thursday, March 24, the suicidal thesis remains privileged, since any intervention by third parties is excluded,” he stresses.
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“No harbinger of such an action”
The police investigation has now been concluded and technical investigations, including the analysis of telephone calls and internet research, have “not revealed any early signs of such an act, which was also confirmed by the son”. The examinations by the forensic pathologists revealed no other signs of violence than those after the fall from a height of more than 20 meters. Forensic analyzes including DNA analyzes do not question the suicide thesis either.
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The tragedy happened in a neighborhood of Montreux, near the casino of this chic city on the shores of Lake Geneva, when the gendarmes went straight to the apartment of this French family. The couple’s father, 40, wife, 41, twin sister and 8-year-old daughter have all died.
The family have “built up an impressive stock of food of all kinds”
Investigators had found a stepladder on the balcony from which members of this family jumped and found no sign of a struggle. According to police, “the family lived practically self-sufficient, withdrawn from society, and only the mother’s twin sister worked outside the home”. Neither the mother nor the little girl were registered with the authorities and the latter did not attend school. His older brother was supposed to be home schooled and it was a home inspection procedure by two police officers shortly before the tragedy that seems to have led to the killing.
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The investigation revealed that “the family has been very interested in conspiracy and survival theories since the beginning of the pandemic” and “have built up an impressive stockpile of food of all kinds,” according to police, “all of these elements point to, including the members.” this family’s fear of an intrusion of authority into their lives”.