CHBAR MON CITY, Kompong Speu province – Police on Saturday found the remains of five bodies thought to belong to a missing Frenchman and his four young children inside his car submerged in a pond next to their home in Rakar Thom commune. Frenchman Laurent Vallier, 42, and his four children – aged 2 to 9 – west missing about four months ago from their home, which was cordoned off as a crime scene yesterday.
Provincial and Interior Ministry level police yesterday swarmed around Vallier’s garden, conducting forensic tests on the bones, spraying the muddied SUV with a fireman’s hose and collecting evidence to determine if the family was murdered or if the deaths were due to suicide. The recovered bones belong to one adult and four children but have not yet been formally identified. Police said yesterday that they suspect the remains belong to Vallier and his family, said Chhay Sinarith, director of the Interior Ministry’s internal security department. He said police had also recovered and urn of ashes from inside the car that are believed to be the cremated remains of Vallier’s wife, who died two years ago. One of the children’s skulls was found in an open suitcase used to hold repair tools, said Mr. Sinarith. “It doesn’t mean they were murdered, “he said, adding that the skull might have fallen into the suitcase while the white 4x4 Nissan SUV was being dredged out of the pond where it was discovered. “It is too early to confirm the cause of death and we are waiting for experts to finish the investigation,” he said.
Provincial and Interior Ministry level police yesterday swarmed around Vallier’s garden, conducting forensic tests on the bones, spraying the muddied SUV with a fireman’s hose and collecting evidence to determine if the family was murdered or if the deaths were due to suicide. The recovered bones belong to one adult and four children but have not yet been formally identified. Police said yesterday that they suspect the remains belong to Vallier and his family, said Chhay Sinarith, director of the Interior Ministry’s internal security department. He said police had also recovered and urn of ashes from inside the car that are believed to be the cremated remains of Vallier’s wife, who died two years ago. One of the children’s skulls was found in an open suitcase used to hold repair tools, said Mr. Sinarith. “It doesn’t mean they were murdered, “he said, adding that the skull might have fallen into the suitcase while the white 4x4 Nissan SUV was being dredged out of the pond where it was discovered. “It is too early to confirm the cause of death and we are waiting for experts to finish the investigation,” he said.
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