The British man, found dead with his wife in a countryside French home, was seen on security cameras buying lottery tickets just hours before the body was found.
62-year-old Andrew Sarle was seen buying two Euro lottery tickets and a chocolate bar from a tobacco shop in the French village of Les Pesquies at around 6pm on Wednesday. solar.
The next day, around 12:20pm, the British man and his wife, Dawn Saal, 56, were found dead at his home.
The neighbor explained the horrifying conditions in which his body was discovered. Telecommunications.
Andrew (former financial investigator) reportedly found hanging inside the house and gags in his mouth.
Dawn's body is said to be scattered where signs of head trauma and her jewels were found outside the quiet countryside home.
Police say no weapons have been recovered at crime scenes or around property.
Isabel Pareige, the owner of a cigarette shop where he interacted with Andrew before he died, said the couple were “patrons.”
“He'll come every day and buy a Fortuna Blue cigarette,” the 58-year-old Paragy told the Sun. “That day he came in just before I closed, he looked totally happy, he relaxed and he chatted and bought chocolate and two lottery tickets.”
“I get cold thinking they're going to die less than 24 hours later, I can't believe it. They're a lovely couple, always happy, chatty, reasoned. I spoke good French,” she said.
Neighbors also reported seeing Andrew appear to be suffering while walking his dog the day before the horrifying discovery.
“I saw them the day before they were found, they were walking the dog and Andrew was on the phone,” an unknown neighbor said according to the outlet. “He was very upset and he was arguing in English.
Searles' friend Odile Marian said she was worried that the 62-year-old would find the door to his garage in the days leading up to the couple's death.
“He saw the garage door open and he was sure he had closed it,” she told the outlet. “So he was looking for who opened his garage. And he couldn't find who did it. We don't know if it's connected/maybe opened it. He might have been the one who left it, but were you sure he had closed it?”
Police speculate that the couple may have been killed during the break-in.
However, Jean Sebastian Orcival, mayor of Villfranche de Luhrgue, said it was “evidently a murder” and ruled out that he was killed “wrong” in a robbery. . Scottish.
Authorities have not yet announced the official cause of death and are waiting for “automous examination results” before sharing “specific information,” prosecutor Nicholas Riggott Muller in a statement to the Scots. I stated.
“All leads are under serious consideration,” Riggott Muller said, including the possibility of a murder-suicide.
Andrew originally originally from West Sussex, Dawn is from Scotland, married in 2023 and has lived in the area for the past decade.
The couple was popular among community members and was known for throwing parties and traveling together around Europe.
Andrew played a key role in defeating organized criminal factions, discovering terrorist money trails, and cracking down on sanctions busters related to fraudulent states like Russia while working as a financial investigator before resigning. It is said to have been. solar.
He states in his professional profile on LinkedIn that he is “liable for all anti-financial crime matters in the UK and Europe functions. We provide research services to the group.”
Posted by Dawn's son, Scottish-born actor Callum Kerr Statement on Instagram Over the weekend, he and his sister Amanda Kerr said they were “grief over the loss of their mother,” while Andrew's children Tom and Ella Sarr “deared the loss of their father.”
“We kindly request that we respect their privacy during these difficult times and provide updates when necessary,” he writes.
Kerr appears on Netflix's “Virgin River” and is also a country singer who lives with his fiance in Nashville.
