The hypothesis of the collective suicide of a French family in Montreux, Switzerland, is no longer valid. It is indeed a collective suicide, as confirmed by prosecutors on Tuesday March 21, 2023. On March 24, 2022, the five family members threw themselves off the balcony of the 7th one after the other. An act that was prepared and even repeated was revealed on Tuesday by the public prosecutor’s office, who are supposed to drop the case.
Only the son survived
On March 24, 2022, the crime of this family, who lived self-sufficiently in an opulent building in Montreux, just a stone’s throw from the casino of the chic town on the shores of Lake Geneva, had caused consternation.
The 40-year-old father, his wife, his twin sister and the couple’s 8-year-old daughter had died, only the teenage son had survived the fall but was in a coma with serious injuries.
A life in survival mode
The conclusions of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Canton of Vaud show whether the investigations were quickly concluded with a suicide “that the mother and her sister represented dominant and possessive personalities, in contrast to an inconspicuous father”, they had “a powerful influence on children and made them believe in a world hostile to them”.
As the first elements of the police investigation already suggested, the family lived in survival mode, the children had almost no contact with the outside world, were homeschooled and only the twin sister went to work regularly.
Prepared for departure into a “better” world
According to the investigation, the family “prepared, rehearsed and organized his departure into a “better” world” without having fixed an exact date, however, and she waited for a triggering event.
Neither the mother nor the little girl were reported to authorities, but the big brother was to be homeschooled and it was a review procedure by two police officers in the early hours of March 24, 2022 that appeared to have urged the family to take action.
As for the surviving son, he was heard but is unable to account for the course of events. He is being physically restored and being cared for by the Board of Trustees and Professional Guardianship Service.” shows the Vaudois ministry and demands the greatest restraint towards the underage boy.
The ministry, which has dropped the investigation, is expected to close the case within a few days.