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CBC
27-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Elderly couple identified in Barrhaven murder-suicide
Ottawa police say the elderly couple found dead in their Barrhaven home early Tuesday morning died in a murder-suicide. On Tuesday afternoon, police identified the couple as Kurt Theoret, 84, and Virginia Theoret, 82. A police spokesperson said Kurt Theoret shot his wife and called 911 before taking his own life. Police said officers arrived at the home shortly after 1:00 a.m. where they found the bodies inside. Paramedics told CBC they were called to the residence around 1:05 a.m. and declared the man and woman dead at the scene. Police said this is Ottawa's 12th homicide of the year. The couple has owned the residence at 25 Pheasant Run Dr. since 1984 when they acquired the property for $134,000, according to property records. The home is near the intersection of Cedarview and Fallowfield roads, about 17 kilometres southwest of downtown Ottawa. Couple was 'just inseparable' Sophie Hawkins, who lives next door to the home where the bodies were found, said she'd often see the elderly couple who lived there enjoying the sun with their garage door open. The man took good care of his garden and home and was often out mowing their front lawn, she said. "They were always together, never apart. They did everything together," Hawkins said. "The only thing different I saw this week was I saw him leave in the car by himself. Usually they're just inseparable." Hawkins said the woman used a cane and was not as mobile as the man. She said she was awoken just after 1 a.m. by emergency crews on her street. "There was at least 15 cop cars, two ambulances pulled in.... We saw officers all over the place," Hawkins said. "It's just very strange for this street because it's a very quiet neighborhood." Deji Orija, who lives a few doors down and didn't know the homeowners well, said his wife saw a police vehicle parked outside their house this morning and found out what had happened from another neighbour. "It's actually shocking because this is a very quiet neighborhood," Orija said. Hawkins said she, too, is in "absolute shock." "I'm disturbed and my stomach hurts. I'm sad. I don't know what happened," she said.
CBC
27-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Man, woman found dead in Barrhaven home
A man and woman were found dead in a Barrhaven home early Tuesday morning, according to Ottawa police. Police said in a news release they were called to the home on Pheasant Run Drive around 1:00 a.m. where they found the bodies inside. They did not say who placed the call. Paramedics told CBC they were called to the residence around 1:05 a.m. and declared the man and woman dead at the scene. Homicide investigators are not looking for suspects and do not believe there's any danger to the public, police said. Police said they have not been able to contact relatives of the deceased and are currently withholding their names. The scene is in a residential area near the intersection of Cedarview and Fallowfield roads, about 17 kilometres southwest of downtown Ottawa. Couple was 'just inseparable' Sophie Hawkins, who lives next door to the home where the bodies were found, said she'd often see the elderly couple who lived there enjoying the sun with their garage door open. The man took good care of his garden and home and was often out mowing their front lawn, she said. "They were always together, never apart. They did everything together," Hawkins said. "The only thing different I saw this week was I saw him leave in the car by himself. Usually they're just inseparable." Hawkins said the woman used a cane and was not as mobile as the man. She said she was awoken just after 1 a.m. by emergency crews on her street. "There was at least 15 cop cars, two ambulances pulled in.... We saw officers all over the place," Hawkins said. "It's just very strange for this street because it's a very quiet neighborhood." Deji Orija, who lives a few doors down and didn't know the homeowners well, said his wife saw a police vehicle parked outside their house this morning and found out what had happened from another neighbour. "It's actually shocking because this is a very quiet neighborhood," Orija said. Hawkins said she, too, is in "absolute shock."
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Var floods: Three killed after floods ravage French Riviera region
At least three people have died in floods caused by heavy rainfall and storms which have battered southern France since bodies of an elderly couple were found in the seaside resort town of Le Lavandou, while another person died after becoming trapped in a car in Vidauban, local authorities reported on rains have caused widespread damage across the region, flooding streets and causing power and water outages. At least two regional trains stopped their journeys overnight after railway tracks were couple who died had tried to leave their home but were swept away, "surprised by the very rapid rise in water levels", the Toulon public prosecutor said. An investigation has been opened into their deaths."We are in shock at the scale of the natural disaster that struck the Cavalière district this morning," officials in Le Lavandou said. They said the town centre had been inundated by 256mm of rain in just an hour. The town, about 30km (18 miles) east of St Tropez, is a holidaying destination along the French Riviera. "It was a truly violent, nasty, incomprehensible phenomenon," said local mayor Gil Bernardi, describing "roads torn up" and "bridges broken apart".Le Lavandou was still suffering electricity and water outages on Tuesday and access had also been restricted as the town's main road remained officials further north in Vidauban said one person had died after the car they were in drove onto a flooded road and fell into a ditch. A passer-by tried to save both occupants - the driver and the passenger - but was only able to rescue the driver, Vidauban's town mayor Claude Pianetti than 500 calls have been made to emergency services in the Var region over the past day, authorities said. Several hundred emergency rescuers have also been deployed to the region, including from nearby cities like was placed on further emergency warnings for thunderstorms and flooding on Tuesday morning, but these were later downgraded to the lowest than 600 homes remain without electricity, local authorities said rains and hailstorms had struck south-west France on Monday night. The Bordeaux-Toulouse railway line has been affected with some trains on the route cancelled for the next few days.
Irish Times
07-05-2025
- Irish Times
Two men arrested in Dublin over arson attack in Cork that left elderly couple homeless
Gardaí have arrested two men for questioning about a petrol bomb attack in Cork which forced an elderly couple to move out of their home after it was gutted in the blaze. The two men in their 30s were arrested in Dublin on Tuesday afternoon for questioning about the petrol bomb attack on the detached bungalow at Kilcully, just outside Cork City, on April 24th. The couple were at home at their house at Ballincrokig near Kilcully cemetery at around 9pm on the day in question, when two masked men threw a petrol bomb into the house. The petrol bomb ignited on impact and caused extensive damage to the house, but the 88-year-old man and his 84-year-old wife fled the blazing building. The emergency services were alerted and the couple were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene, but were otherwise uninjured although they were extremely distressed and upset. READ MORE Gardaí said at the time they were keeping an open mind on a possible motive for the attack but were satisfied it was a case of mistaken identity and the arsonists targeted the wrong house. Gardaí began harvesting CCTV footage from homes and commercial premises in the general Kilcully area in a bid to identify the two men responsible for the arson attack. On Tuesday, gardaí arrested two men at different addresses in Dublin 7 on suspicion of committing arson on the house in Kilcully and brought them to Cork for questioning. The two men are being questioned at Gurranabraher and Mayfield Garda stations, where they are being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and can be held for 24 hours. Gardaí also seized a car at an address in Dublin and brought it to Cork for a forensic examination. Det Supt Mick Comyns said that gardaí were treating the incident as extremely serious and were appealing to anyone who could assist them to contact gardaí at Mayfield Garda station. 'This was a very serious incident – an elderly couple have been forced to move out of their house it was so badly damaged but it could have had even more serious consequences.'
