Chevaline massacre: Luger pistol recovered from Lake Annecy, possible link to 2012 quadruple murder
A Luger pistol discovered at the bottom of Lake Annecy on 20 August could be linked to the 2012 Chevaline massacre. Ballistic analyses are underway.
Pistol recovered from Lake Annecy revives inquiry into Chevaline
According to TF1 Info, a Luger-brand pistol was brought to the surface of Lake Annecy on 20 August. The weapon presents similarities with the one used in the quadruple murder committed in September 2012 at Chevaline, in Haute-Savoie. Analyses are currently underway to establish a possible link between the two.
Brendan Kemmet, journalist at magazine Marianne, provided clarification on LCI on Monday 1 September. According to him, it is a weapon "which forms part of a series catalogued by investigators, which belongs to the Swiss army and which would have been distributed under German licence and manufactured in Switzerland".
The journalist specifies that there are "elements which make it possible to identify this weapon", notably its "ballistic signature". During the massacre, the shooter had fired a total of 21 times.
In 2012, three members of the same family originating from the United Kingdom as well as a French cyclist were shot dead on a forest path near the hamlet of Chevaline. Kemmet further recalls that "fragments of the stock broke when the killer struck the couple's young daughter extremely violently on the head". This detail could constitute an additional element of comparison with the recovered weapon.
The case, which remains unsolved twelve years after the events, has to date resulted in no charges being brought. The results of the ballistic analyses on the recovered pistol are awaited to determine whether or not it is a decisive element in this case.
Source: TF1 Info