French Ex-Cop Charged with Double Murder, Kidnapping

0:00On March 26, a 41-year-old former French policeman faces charges of kidnapping and murdering his current and former partners after there. Bodies turned up buried in remote northern Portugal. Authorities identified him as Cedric Prison from the Aviron Region in southern France. He was detained earlier this week with two young children in the car. Police pulled him over near the town of Mehta for suspicious documents during a routine traffic stop. This revealed he was wanted in connection with a double homicide and kidnapping case out of France. Investigators quickly located the women's remains in a secluded countryside spot the next morning. Back in France, the case started when a woman and her 13-year-old son vanished from their home in Vale Hurley's on March 19. The missing woman was prison's ex-partner, and his current partner had also disappeared around the same time. French prosecutors had opened an investigation into suspected abduction and confinement. The suspect drove into Portugal from France recently, bringing the two children along, who are

1:02now believed to be linked to the victims. Portuguese police coordinated with French authorities to confirm the alerts. Prison heads to court today in Garda at the Vila Nova de Foscoa Courthouse, where a judge will decide on formal charges and custody as the investigation continues across borders. That wraps global news today, brought to you with AI.