Tragedy in the south of France. A couple of British millionaires have died in their villa in the south of the country in circumstances that according to the French police were as follows: the man suffered a heart attack while he swam in his and the woman’s pool He rushed to rescue him but ended up drowning.
As stated by the Daily Mail, Diana Shamash80, jumped into the water fully clothed to try to help the real estate tycoon David, 82at the couple’s vacation home near Montpellier, but was dragged to the bottom by the weight of her clothing.
The couple was discovered by friends who arrived for dinner at the secluded property last Saturday. It is feared that They could have been in the pool for days since the last time they were heard from was the previous Wednesday night.
“The house is well away from the others, so no one would have been able to hear their cries for help,” an investigative source told The Associated Press. Daily Mail.
The house is well away from the others, so no one would have been able to hear her cries for help.
“But what we now know is that Mrs. Shamash was completely dressed and with her shoes on when she jumped into the pool to save her husband after he suffered a suspected heart attack. She certainly found it very difficult to float under these circumstances and she sank into the water,” the source added.
Detectives working on the case have pieced together what happened with the help of the tests. postmortem made on Thursday. “The timeline of events seems to rule out foul play. It was a very tragic accident“said the source.
One line of investigation is whether the pool was heated, since cold water can favor this type of incident in hot climates such as the south of France. Have a bottom of more than 210 meters deep and a trampoline.