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According to the PJ, the man is the alleged perpetrator of six rural fires that occurred on July 12, 14, and 31, and a seventh fire that took place on August 23 in the town of Rabaçal in Guarda.
The fires were caused by “direct flame ignition using a lighter” and consumed a total area of approximately four hectares.
Cédric Prizzon, a former French police officer suspected of murdering his current and former partners, Angela Legobien-Cadillac and Audrey Cavalié, and kidnapping his two children, is being heard this Thursday, the 26th, at the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Court. Prizzon was arrested by the GNR during a routine traffic stop in Mêda, Guarda. The bodies of the two women were discovered in Serra da Nogueira, Bragança. The children, aged 13 and 18 months, were found in the vehicle in good health and have been placed in a care facility.
Current partner was an accomplice in the kidnapping of his eldest son.
French media report that the women found dead were the suspect's partner and ex-partner; when he was arrested by the GNR in Mêda, he had two minors, his children, with him in the car.
Cédric Prizzon, arrested in Mêda, belonged to a Facebook group frequented by fathers who lost custody of their children, which is associated with sexist tendencies.
Cédric Prizzon was wanted by authorities on suspicion of kidnapping his children and the children's mothers - his ex-wife and his current partner. He was arrested in the town of Mêda, in the Guarda district. Both women were found dead.
The man was arrested during a road inspection when officers suspected the authenticity of his documents. Two women were found buried today near the border with Spain.
A 41-year-old man was arrested in Meda, in the Guarda district, suspected of the death of two women who had been missing since Friday from the village of Vailhourles, in the Aveyron department of southern France.
Two women, the partner and ex-partner of a former French police officer, were found dead in Portugal this Wednesday, March 25, according to Le Monde. The 42-year-old man is suspected of kidnapping his ex-wife and their 12-year-old son, for whom he had lost custody. He was arrested by the National Republican Guard (GNR) on Tuesday night in Mêda, in the Guarda district, for document forgery and illegal possession of a weapon. Cédric Prizzon had been missing since Friday and was wanted in France as part of an investigation into the kidnapping and abduction of several people. According to Montpellier prosecutor Thierry Lescouarc'h, the suspect was intercepted by Portuguese authorities in the company of two children (one from the ex-wife he allegedly kidnapped and another from a previous relationship), who were found safe and sound. Prizzon's ex-partner and their son, Élio, disappeared from Saint-Grat, in the commune of Vailhourles, on Friday morning. Shortly after, the man's current partner and their baby daughter were also reported missing. The disappearances led French police to issue an international arrest warrant and consider the possibility of flight abroad. Prizzon has a criminal record related to the custody of his eldest son, having lost parental rights after taking the child to Spain without the mother's authorization in 2021. Subsequently, he staged hunger strikes in front of the Rodez Court and protests at the Villefranche-de-Rouergue town hall, denouncing the loss of custody of his son. On social media, he posted videos claiming his son was 'in danger' with his mother and criticizing the 'corrupt justice system', having also threatened his ex-partner.
