Family who leapt to deaths were ‘conspiracy theorists who hoarded food’

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    Four members of same family die in 'collective suicide' jumping from roof one-by-one

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    Only a 15- year-old young boy endured, and stays in a coma in a steady condition in healthcare facility (Picture: EPA/ AFP through Getty Images)

    Police examining the case of a household of conspiracy theorists who leapt to their deaths are dealing with the theory of ‘collective suicide’.

    The disaster in the Swiss town of Montreux last Thursday saw the deaths of a 40- year-old male, his 41- year-old spouse, her twin sis and the couple’s eight-year-old child.

    Police stated the family members plunged more than 20 metres from the veranda of their seventh-floor home near Lake Geneva, where they all lived ‘withdrawn from society’.

    Only a 15- year-old young boy– thought to be the couple’s child– endured, and stays in a coma in a steady condition in healthcare facility.

    The Vaud local authorities revealed the other day their findings ‘make it possible to rule out the intervention of a third party and suggest that all the victims jumped from the balcony one after the other’.

    The authorities verified the victims were all French people and included the household seemed impassioned conspiracy theorists who hoarded food in their home.

    Two officers knocked on the household’s door at 6.15 am last Thursday and attempted to carry out a warrant in connection with the home-schooling of a kid.

    A voice asked who was at the door and after that stopped answering, so the officers left soon later on as they were not able to go into.

    epaselect epa09846399 A forensic officer from the Vaud cantonal police investigates at the scene of the tragedy where four people died and one was seriously injured after falling from their flat in Montreux, Switzerland, 24 March 2022. The circumstances of the tragedy are not yet known. The police are expected to release information later today. EPA/CYRIL ZINGARO

    A forensic officer from the Vaud local authorities examining at the scene of the disaster last Thursday (Picture: EPA)

    This photograph taken on March 24, 2022 shows the building where five people appeared to have jumped from their apartment in Montreux, western Switzerland. - Four members of a French family plunged to their deaths Thursday from a seventh-floor balcony in the Swiss town of Montreux, leaving a teenager seriously injured, police said. (Photo by Coralie FEBVRE / AFP) (Photo by CORALIE FEBVRE/AFP via Getty Images)

    The family members plunged more than 20 metres from the veranda of their seventh-floor home near Lake Geneva, in the Swiss town of Montreux (Picture: AFP through Getty Images)

    epa09845843 The cordoned off area where four people were found dead and one seriously injured at the foot of a building after reportedly falling off, in Montreux, Switzerland, 24 March 2022. The circumstances of the accident were not yet known as police were expected to release information later in the day. EPA/CYRIL ZINGARO

    Police state they are dealing with the theory of ‘collective suicide’ (Picture: EPA)

    Then soon prior to 7am all 5 relative leapt from the veranda within the area of 5 minutes.

    Police stated there were no indications of a battle and an action ladder was discovered on the veranda.

    ‘Before or during the events, no witnesses, including the two police officers present on the spot from 6.15am and the passers-by at the foot of the building, heard the slightest noise or cry coming from the apartment or the balcony,’ the Vaud local authorities included.

    They stated ‘technical investigations show no warning signs of such an act’, however kept in mind ‘since the start of the pandemic, the family was very interested in conspiracy and survivalist theories’.

    Their food stockpile was stated to use up much of their home and the mum and the eight-year-old child were not signed up with the authorities.

    epa09846405 The Vaud cantonal police investigates at the scene of the tragedy where four people died and one was seriously injured after falling from their flat in Montreux, Switzerland, 24 March 2022. The circumstances of the tragedy are not yet known. The police are expected to release information later today. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT

    The authorities stated there were no ‘warning signs’ from the household over what they were going to do, however they were obviously impassioned conspiracy theorists (Picture: EPA)

    A picture taken on March 27, 2022 shows flowers and candles next to the building where five people who appeared to have jumped on March 24, 2022 from their apartment in Montreux, western Switzerland, - Four members of a French family plunged to their deaths on March 24, 2022, from a seventh-floor balcony in the Swiss town of Montreux, leaving a teenager seriously injured, police said. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

    Flowers and candle lights left beside the structure over the weekend (Picture: AFP through Getty Images)

    ‘All these elements suggest … fear of the authorities interfering in their lives,’ the authorities declaration included.

    The father, Eric David, matured in a rich part of Marseille and participated in among France’s most prominent schools the Ecole Polytechnique, France’s Journal du Dimanche paper reported.

    The twin sis, Nasrine and Narjisse Feraoun, matured in a household of 5 kids who were all informed at the elite Lycee Henri- IV in Paris.

    The mum was a dental practitioner and her sis an optometrist. The twins were likewise believed to be granddaughters of Algerian author Mouloud Feraoun.

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