British couple found dead in France

2022 - 4 - 26

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Murder investigation as British couple found dead in French ... (The Independent)

Bodies of husband and wife discovered following concerns they had not been heard from for days.

Her husband, 64, was found hanging in a nearby outhouse. The woman, said to have been originally from Barnsley, and her husband, thought to be from Tunbridge Wells, are said to have aspired to turn their properties in Boudrac into a bed and breakfast. The friend discovered the 65-year-old woman in the living room with a rope around her neck and signs of beatings and strangulation on her body, according to France Bleu.

Britons found dead in French 'murder-suicide' named and pictured (Daily Mail)

John Boyes, 64, and his wife Kathryn, 65, were found dead inside their home in Boudrac, a picturesque village in the south of France, on Sunday by concerned ...

And it was the gendarmes that found John in a separate building. 'The wife has been dead for some days and had a rope around her neck. There was no evidence of a third party being involved.’ Friends of the couple raised the alarm on Sunday after they called at the house that afternoon to check on them and found Kathryn dead. The couple were found dead inside the property in Boudrac, a village with a population of around 130 people, on Sunday The couple were found dead inside the property in Boudrac, a village with a population of around 130 people, on Sunday after concerned friends who had not heard from them in several days went to investigate.

Brit couple found dead in 'murder suicide' at French home after ... (Scottish Daily Record)

John Boyes, 64, is believed to have repeatedly hit and strangled wife Kathryn Boyes, 65, at their house in the village of Boudrac, south of Toulouse.

The area around Boudrac, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, is full of expats and second home-owners from Britain. They were very typical, nice British people. The Boyes’s dog is thought to have been found inside one of the buildings, and was unharmed.

Brit couple found dead in France in 'murder-suicide' after severe ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Local police found John Boyes, 64, and Kathryn Boyes, 65, dead on the grounds of the home on Sunday, although it is believed they both died on Thursday.

British man suspected of killing wife before suicide in French ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

A murder inquiry has been launched after a British couple were found dead at their isolated rural home in southwestern France. Police suspect the John Boyes, 64 ...

Gendarmes later found the body of Mr Boyes in a neighbouring gite. “The couple had a project to open a guesthouse but it was ended because of financial difficulties,” he added. “Wounds were also found on her body – there were signs of strangulation and blows.”

Chilling new details in 'murder-suicide' of Brit couple found dead in ... (The Sun)

A BRITISH couple found dead at a rural home in the south of France next to a haunting note reportedly died in an apparent murder-suicide after facing.

"The couple had a project to open a guesthouse but it was ended because of financial difficulties. When they arrived at their home – which was due to be turned into a bed and breakfast guest house – they found the lifeless body of a 65-year-old woman. The lifeless bodies of the pair, who had reportedly lived in France for 10 years, were found at the property in Boudrac, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, south of Toulouse on Sunday afternoon.

UPDATE: Suspected murder-suicide of British couple found dead in ... (Euro Weekly News)

French investigators probing the discovery of a British couple found dead in their South of France home believe it could be murder-suicide.

This should help give the police some indication of the circumstances surrounding their deaths. A search of the home last Sunday led to gendarmes finding the body of Mr Boyes in an outhouse. Arriving at the couple’s home this Sunday 24, they reportedly encountered the dead body of their 65-year-old friend. Mr Amunzateguy continued, “He was found hanged, and had left a note. Christophe Amunzateguy, the local prosecutor in Saint-Gaudens, confirmed, ‘This appears to be a case of murder-suicide. Wounds were also found on her body – there were signs of strangulation and blows’.