A matter of gold and blood

BEHIND THE DISAPPEARANCES OF ORVAULT, THE TROADECS' FAMILY TRAGEDY (France Info story)

A blue and white column slowly progresses through a wooded and soggy landscape. Death caterpillar in the mist…

…An examining magistrate, a forensic doctor, an anthropologist and investigators from the judicial police lead the way, followed by a dozen agents from the technical and scientific police, a cohort of CRS and peacekeepers. The group makes its way through this rugged and marshy terrain, tormented by the Zeus storm that has just hit Brittany. The buildings of the Stang farm stand in the background.

Heads are bent, looking for the slightest clue. Thirty-two hectares to be combed for fragments. Body parts, scattered, pulverized. We are not at the site of an air disaster, but at a crime scene. There are four victims, Brigitte and Pascal Troadec, aged 47 and 49, and their two children, Charlotte and Sébastien, aged 18 and 21.

It is on this image, captured on 8 March in Pont-de-Buis (Finistère), that the case of the missing persons of Orvault, which has become that of the Troadec family, closes. A terrible story, which began two weeks earlier, 280 km away, in a house in Loire-Atlantique. The story.

THE DISAPPEARANCE

Still no message, no call. From Landerneau (Finistère), Denise is worried. For several days now she has had no news of her daughter, who lives in Orvault (Loire-Atlantique).

His phone doesn’t answer anymore. Brigitte is used to calling him every week. A few streets away, Hélène is just as worried. No sign of her sister or her family. She can’t take it anymore and calls her work, the tax office in Nantes. Brigitte didn’t show up on Monday 20 February, the day she was supposed to return to work after a few days’ holiday. Her anxiety grew. Hélène contacted the police to report her disappearance.

The police arrived at the Troadec family’s house, located in a residential area of Orvault. The shutters are closed, the one-storey house is empty. The heating was turned off and the temperature was 8°C. The sheets have been removed from the beds. In the bathroom, no toothbrush or hairbrush. A cup and a glass are found in the kitchen sink. In the fridge, several items of food had expired. Sheets, not quite dry, are spread out inside. Wet clothes are still in the washing machine.

It is as if the house had stopped living at a given moment. (Pierre Sennès, public prosecutor in Nantes, in Presse Océan).

The investigators notice pinkish marks on the staircase, as if blood had been summarily wiped off. In a room on the ground floor, a mobile phone and its earpieces were stained with blood, as was a pair of socks. The technical and forensic police arrive as backup. With the help of the Bluestar, they detect other traces of blood in significant quantities on the floor. A watch, broken and stained with blood, was found under a bed. Everything suggests that a “scene of violence”, in the words of the prosecutor, took place in this house. The analyses quickly confirm these fears: the blood does belong to three members of the family, Brigitte, Pascal and Sébastien.

An empty house, traces of blood, no body… The case immediately evokes another, which has marked the minds in Nantes. In 2011, the remains of the wife and four children of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès were found after several days under the terrace of a bourgeois house in the City of Dukes. The father, the presumed murderer, is still untraceable today. In the Troadec case, the investigation, opened for “deliberate homicide, kidnapping and sequestration”, is quickly directed towards a family member. Especially since a detail intrigues the investigators. In front of the house, the couple’s two cars, an Audi and a BMW, are still parked. But the son’s car, a Peugeot 308, is missing.

THE SON'S FALSE TRAIL

The neighbourhood investigation begins. With its share of banalities. The Troadecs are described as “reserved people” who had been living in Orvault for at least ten years. “They were people who didn’t talk about themselves and who didn’t necessarily want to make friends”, according to a neighbour. In the neighbourhood, the morning “good morning” has dried up over time.

Some people mention the “depressive disorders” from which the father, employed in an SME specialising in the manufacture of illuminated signs, suffered “in the past”. His son is portrayed as having “suffered from psychological fragility”. The possibility of a father-son family dispute is emerging. Investigators and the media are looking into the digital life of the teenager, a second year student of BTS Digital Systems in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre (Vendée). The son of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès attended the same school. The fantasy machine is running wild.

Sébastien had created, like many teenagers of his age, several profiles on different social networks. In the midst of hundreds of harmless comments, a few old messages were enough to obscure the portrait of the young man. In 2014, at the age of 18, he tweeted: “I can’t take it anymore, I want to die but I can’t even do it”. On the Ask.fm forum, someone asked him if it was “possible to justify murder”. “The thing I hate the most? My reflection,” he writes again, quick to denigrate himself or talk about his own death.

In 30 years, I’ve been dead for 27 years.

Sébastien Troadec, on his Twitter account, in 2014.

Sébastien Troadec also confided on social networks his disagreement with his father. “I’m fed up with this, I’m going to the police station to lodge a complaint against my father”, “for moral harassment :'( #LT”, he stormed in April 2013. “My father is a big fucking alcoholic asshole because he farts in the shower and says it’s my fault when he’s the last one to have taken one,” he ranted a week later. There is also this message, dated May 1: “If they really knew what was going on in my head, they’d think I was crazy without morals. Photos of him posing with a knife or with his face hidden by a scarf were reported in the media. Le Parisien reported that he was sentenced to community service in 2013 for death threats.

While some testimonies confirm Sébastien’s “somewhat special” personality, his friends argue that it is only the construction of an online persona. In Le Parisien, his maternal aunt assures us that “Sébastien was getting better and better since he entered the BTS. He had many friends and went out with them at the weekend. He was more open. My nephew had literally transformed himself. He felt better about himself.

Nevertheless. If the investigators remain cautious and are exploring all avenues of investigation, the wanted notice broadcast to the whole of France mentions the possibility of “a disastrous project” by the son, “aimed at eliminating the members of his family and perhaps himself”. Among the disturbing elements, his mobile phone, the last to be switched off on the night of 16 to 17 February.

THE MORBID TRAIL GAME

The case of the missing persons of Orvault holds the country in suspense. But the investigation is stalling. At least in appearance.

The journalists cling to the slim elements that are filtering through: Charlotte, 18, went to the police station with her mother to lodge a complaint on the day of the disappearance. The reason was that her bank card had been hacked to buy video games… The focus was again on Sébastien, who was described as a “geek”. Mother and daughter would then have bought sushi. Consumable until 17 February, they were found in the fridge. So many clues reported by the press but which do not provide the beginning of a serious lead…

One detail is bothering the investigators: the blood of Charlotte, who has been at school since the beginning of the school year at the Notre-Dame de Fontenay-le-Comte high school (Vendée), in the first year of a BTS, was not found in the house. What happened to her? Plane tickets for Portugal, dated 10 April, were also found in the letterbox.

It was 27 February, ten days after the Troadecs’ disappearance, and the mystery remained. The public prosecutor’s office opened a judicial investigation and appointed two investigating judges. Two days later, the case had its first twist: a pair of trousers, a bank card and Charlotte’s Vitale card were found by a jogger in Dirinon (Finistère), near Brest. The next day, 500 metres away, investigators discovered two children’s books belonging to Pascal Troadec. But the real turning point came when Sébastien’s car was spotted in the car park of a church in Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique). The floor mat had disappeared, but no trace of blood was visible to the naked eye.

For the psycho-criminologist Jean-François Abgrall, the perpetrator “favours disorienting the investigators”. During a new press conference, eagerly awaited by all the media, the prosecutor Pierre Sennès confirmed “a possible morbid game of chance” and an “extraordinary case”. The magistrate also dismissed the hypothesis that Charlotte’s credit card had been stolen or used by Sébastien. The teenager and her mother went to the bank, not the police station, to stop Charlotte’s card. Charlotte herself had bought video game credits on the internet as a gift for Sébastien, and realised that the sum debited via an American server exceeded the purchase price. The brother’s trail seems to have gone cold.

THE BROTHER-IN-LAW'S CONFESSION

Officially, Sébastien’s car has not yet revealed its secrets. The prosecutor had warned that the results of the analyses would not be communicated in real time, to preserve the investigation. Unofficially, the investigators have a major clue: the DNA of Hubert Caouissin, Pascal Troadec’s brother-in-law, was found in the vehicle – on the headrest, according to Le Parisien. Another secret point: the companion of Lydie Troadec, Pascal’s sister, also left his genetic fingerprint in the Orvault house, on a glass.

If it is impossible to date this DNA, these elements contradict the version of the individual, heard in the early stages of the investigation. While in police custody, Hubert Caouissin had explained that he had not seen the Troadecs for a long time, because of a dispute over an alleged inheritance. On 5 March, the man and his companion were again placed in police custody. The information circulated, giving a whole new direction to this drama.

Time was running out, as the investigators had already used up the number of hours in custody. During the night, Hubert Caouissin breaks down and confesses. Yes, he killed the four members of the Troadec family for a story of “gold coins”. France wakes up with the name of a presumed culprit. A few hours later, Pierre Sennès gives another press conference and literally transports the audience to the scene of the quadruple murder. A one-shot story, based on the statements of the 40-year-old.

On the evening of Thursday 16 February, Hubert Caouissin went to the Orvault pavilion with “the intention of spying to see if he could gather information on this inheritance problem”. He applied “a stethoscope” to the window to try to listen inside the house. Later that evening, the suspect waits for the family to go to bed before entering the house and hiding in the laundry room. “He enters with the intention of retrieving a key seen on a piece of furniture,” the magistrate continued. But in trying to achieve his goal, the suspect made a noise, attracting the attention of the Troadec couple, who went downstairs “with a crowbar”. Hubert Caouissin managed to get hold of it. Refusing to give “more precise details”, the prosecutor evokes a “criminal scene of great violence”.

The rest of the scenario was recounted by Pierre Sennès and then clarified by Le Parisien the following days: Hubert Caouissin stayed with the Troadecs until the early hours of the morning, before returning home to the Pont-de-Buis farm, where he had been living for two years with Lydie Troadec. According to the newspaper, the presumed murderer immediately confided in his 8-year-old son, even before talking to his partner.

You will see, they will tell you that your father is a monster. But I’ll explain and tell you the truth.

Hubert Caouissin to his son, according to comments reported by Le Parisien.
The couple returned to Orvault on the evening of the 17th and 18th. Hubert Caouissin washed the house while Lydie waited in a car with a walkie-talkie, Le Parisien reported. A macabre detail reported by the newspaper: exhausted by the cleaning, the presumed murderer fell asleep for four hours in Sébastien’s bed. The duo left with the bodies, loaded into the 308. For two or three days, Hubert Caouissin tried to make the bodies disappear,” said Pierre Sennès. It seems that the bodies were dismembered, one part buried, the other part burned.

Then, with the help of his companion, Hubert Caouissin cleaned Sébastien’s vehicle and left it in Saint-Nazaire “a little bit at random”. “His idea was to direct the search towards the port. A sort of diversion,” the magistrate said. The suspect also took the family’s belongings with him to make it look like he was going on holiday. Hubert Caouissin is under investigation for “murder” and “attacking the integrity of a corpse”, his companion for “altering the state of a crime scene and receiving corpses”. Both were imprisoned.

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Killer of elderly woman confesses he had help from hitman

Puno: the killer of an old woman confessed to having been helped by a hitman

Diario Correo : 27.05.2017

He killed his wife because he met another woman.

He got confused on his own and finally had to take responsibility for the murder of the woman with whom he had 3 children. This is the fate of Dionicio Mamani Laura who was sent to prison for 9 months to await his sentence.

He took an early leave and accepted all the charges against him during the hearing that took place yesterday at around 8am at the Judiciary headquarters in the city of Puno.

Andrea Condori Curasi, to whom he was married, was murdered in the house also occupied by Mamani and several of his relatives who alerted the police about it. At first, Dionicio tried to deny any connection with the death.

The Depincri agents soon discovered this because, after his confused statements, they decided to apply a reagent called “luminol blue star”.

Using this chemical, they discovered that after participating in the murder, the suspect had washed the blood of his partner, but the chemical allowed them to find traces of his crime on his skin.

CONFESSION

This was the tip of the iceberg in terms of finding out everything because, when confronted with the evidence, the suspect at the time confessed to taking part in the murder along with a hitman.

Both had covered the woman’s face to ensure her silence, while with a knife they stabbed the pillow in the hope of hitting the victim’s head or neck as she tried to defend herself.

One of the attempts hit the old woman’s eye and she turned her head in pain and received the next attack with the back of her head. The gruesome scene took place at 4 a.m.

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The murderer of an old woman confessed to having been helped by a hitman

Puno: the murderer of an old lady confessed having been helped by a hired killer

Diario Correo : 27.05.2017

He killed his wife because he met another woman.

He got confused and finally had to take responsibility for the murder of the woman with whom he had 3 children. This was the fate of Dionicio Mamani Laura who was sent to prison for 9 months to await his sentence.

He took an early leave and accepted all the charges against him during the hearing that was held yesterday around 8 o’clock in the morning at the headquarters of the judiciary in the city of Puno.

Andrea Condori Curasi, with whom he was married, was murdered in the house also occupied by Mamani and several of his relatives who alerted the police about it. At first, Dionicio wanted to deny any connection with the death.

Depincri agents discovered him quickly because, after his confused statements, they decided to apply a reagent called “luminol blue star”.

Through the chemical, they discovered that after participating in the murder, the suspect had washed the blood of his partner, but the chemical allowed them to find traces of his crime on his skin.

CONFESSION

This was the tip of the skein to discover everything because, in front of the evidence, the suspect of the time confessed to have participated in the murder together with a hitman.
 
Both had covered the woman’s face to guarantee her silence, while with a knife they stabbed the pillow in the hope of touching the head or neck of the victim who tried to defend herself.
 
One of the attempts hit the eye of the old woman who, because of the pain, turned her head and received the next attack with the back of the head. The macabre scene took place at 4 am.
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The scene of a crime, suicide or natural death has no mystery for the “cleaners”

It's a job that is rarely mentioned, as if to ward off bad luck. The very mention of it brings to mind crime scenes seen on television in a second. "After-death cleaner".

20 Minute : 09.05.2017

It’s done, the words are out. They are few to do so and “no, it has nothing to do with the film Léon”, warns Julien Martel, the director of Groupe NAD, a young Alsatian company specialising in this field, whom 20 Minutes met.

Visit to an Alsatian company specialising in cleaning up after a death. It uses mainly organic products and respects to the letter safety and hygiene procedures

It’s a job that is rarely mentioned, as if to ward off bad luck. The very mention of it brings to mind crime scenes seen on television in a second. “Cleaner after death”. It’s done, the words are out. They are few to do so and “no, this has nothing to do with the film Léon”, warns Julien Martel, the director of Groupe NAD, a young Alsatian company specialising in this field, whom 20 Minutes met.

Although he denies that his job is shrouded in mystery, the thirty-year-old unwillingly sets the scene for a US series from the outset. Julien Martel leads us into his office where demonstration containers are lined up for soiled waste. I don’t like the term “cleaner”, this is not the United States, the relationship with death is not the same”, he warns. I’ve already had, as one anecdote among others, a phone call from someone who told me they had a “problem” and wanted me to come and clean it up, no questions asked. And wanted to pay in cash…”. The innuendos and silences are long. “We have very strict intervention protocols. For example, in the case of a homicide, we only intervene once the seals have been removed; moreover, we ask the police or the gendarmes to be there when they are removed and we attach these documents to our file. It’s a job where you have to be very rigorous, meticulous but also passionate. As for natural deaths, the body must have remained at the scene for at least 48 hours, or the death must be due to an infectious, viral or bacterial disease, otherwise we have no reason to intervene. “

Illustration. Group NAD agent gelling agent sprinkling operation – Group NAD

Like in a movie, or almost

Come, follow me,” he says before leading us into his back garage, where his “laboratory” is located. And this is not CSI Miami. A small, dark space where a cement pavement with blood splatters and a white protective suit, mask and gloves hang. “There is no projection, you are safe. This is blood, the scene is frozen,” says the cleaner. “This is pig’s blood, very close to human blood.

We use this laboratory as much as necessary for our blood homicide or suicide intervention protocol, as we are constantly improving our techniques and research. “. A place where every employee, before going out into the field, is trained for a month before taking an assessment test. “There is no such thing as training,” says Julien Martel. So it is he who personally oversees the training of the employees, who are considered to be a “band of friends” and who, all together, meet every fortnight in the company of a psychologist, in order to share or discuss the problems encountered.

This research allows it, and this is a particularity, to use no (or very few) chemical products. The young company has chosen to invest in innovative technologies for cleaning and disinfecting surfaces, but also for airborne disinfection, including the destruction of odours using an ozone generator. This prevents any resistant and allergenic strains after our visit,” says Julien Martel, “without using chemicals automatically. And to ensure that nothing is left behind, the cleaners use Bluestar or a UV lamp on homicides or suicides, whenever they have a doubt during certain interventions to look for traces of blood that would have been washed away, so as not to leave anything behind after their passage.

Illustration. Taking pictures to study the behaviour of blood – NAD Group

Dry steam cleaning

While clients will not get back their mattresses or carpets stained with blood and organic matter where bacteria proliferate, the premises will be disinfected, clean. “We have the same protocol as in operating theatres. In fact, after a homicide or suicide, we use the same machine for cleaning and disinfection as the one used in the Versailles hospital. It sprays dry steam, the temperature of which rises to 180°, and not a single interstice escapes it,” says Julien Martel. We restore the premises so that the families do not see the other side of the coin, to help them. “

A field that the young entrepreneur knows very well. A former soldier, he “comes from the world of the funeral industry” and has spent three long years thinking about the needs of his profession before launching his business. “It is a service that we offer. A continuation of the funeral service. “

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