A British couple, Andrew and Dawn Searle, were found dead at their home in southern France. Police are investigating the deaths as possible murder, particularly due to financial motives surrounding Mr. Searle's past work as a fraud investigator and recent financial difficulties. Mrs. Searle suffered a severe head wound, while Mr. Searle was found hanged. Investigators are examining CCTV footage and other evidence.
Police investigating the sudden deaths of a married British couple at their home in the south of France have not ruled out that they were murdered for ' financial motive s'.
According to his LinkedIn page, Mr Searle was a retired fraud investigator specialising in financial crime prevention who worked at companies including Standard Life and Barclays Bank. The bodies of Andrew and Dawn Searle were discovered by a neighbour in a village around 65 miles from Toulouse on Thursday
CCTV footage is providing vital clues to solving the mystery, with detectives confident that any potential killer will have been picked up at some point by one of the scores of police, traffic and private cameras in the area. Mr Searle died as a result of hanging, the statement added. The statement said other tests, including toxicology, are currently ongoing.Pictured is the house where Dawn and Andrew Searle were found dead last week
Mr Searle was a former financial investigator who was involved in the fight against organised crime, sparking suggestions that the couple may have been targeted by hitmen - a theory which French investigators are now moving away from.He went on to experience financial troubles, mainly with his pension, and had taken months to pay a bill of several thousand euros, according to reports.
He told MailOnline: 'Nothing has been ruled in or out. I will give more details on Tuesday when I also have the initial findings from the autopsies.' 'Most murders are carried out by someone who knew the victim and that is the theory we are pursuing in this case, with the perpetrator committing suicide.
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE CCTV footage shows British man buying chocolates hours before dying in French home with wife Another British couple who knew the Searles, said: 'Life was good, why would they want to kill themselves?'
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