Nantes vanishing: Leg found in search for French family

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: BBC

Police in the western French city of Nantes have found a leg under the house of a family of six reported missing for more than two weeks.

Investigators now suspect kidnap and murder to have taken place, city prosecutor Xavier Ronsin said, announcing the find to reporters.

He added that the couple and their four children had kept to themselves.

The parents recently informed a school their children were being removed because of a sudden move to Australia.

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[rfranklin]

1. Maybe they were trying to dig their way down under?

Just a theory.

[Bucky]

4. Too soon

When the family says they're moving to Australia, and then one of the kids' legs shows up under the house, you should expect more body parts to start appearing. This could become ugly.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. They've now found the bodies of the mother and all 4 children - shot

The gruesome discoveries began earlier Thursday when investigators dug up a human leg believed to belong to one of the sons from under a porch overlooking the family's back yard.

By evening, they had exhumed four more bodies. Nantes public prosecutor Xavier Ronsin said they are believed to be those of Agnes Dupont de Ligonnes, 49, and her four children: Arthur, 21; Thomas, 18; Anne, 16; and Benoit, 13.

The father, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes, remains unaccounted for, the prosecutor said.

Bullet wounds were found on the bodies. Formal identification and the cause of death will be determined through autopsies planned for Friday, Ronsin added.

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[Raine]

3. My guess would be the father killed the family

then took off. :-(

[Bucky]

5. How sad.