A Police Officer Uncovered as the Yverdon Killer

The perpetrator of the Yverdon murders was a former policeman who had resigned due to his involvement with “weapons and violence”. He had worked for the Vaud canton police until 2005 and had apparently wanted to move abroad with his family, who he had broken up with. On March 9, 2023, he fatally shot his wife and three daughters before setting fire to their house and killing himself. The man’s former business partner stated that he had left the police force because he was overwhelmed by the stress, blood, guns, crime, and murder. The family man had founded an internet platform for sales and exchanges of objects, which was closed in 2012. He also changed the focus of his business to communication, web design, and rental of event technology at the end of 2015. The man had apply online as a co-founder of an exploration and mining company in southern Africa and also as a “collector, philanthropist and investor in cryptocurrencies” because he wanted his family to move abroad. Resources for people mourning or grieving are available online.

Canton of Vaud

Yverdon’s perpetrator was an ex-policeman – and resigned because of “weapons and violence”

The man who shot his wife and three daughters on March 9 worked for the Vaud canton police until 2005. He apparently wanted to move abroad with his family, with whom he had broken up.

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On March 9, the police discovered five bodies in a ruined fire in Yvderon-les-Bains.

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  • In early March, a man killed his wife and three daughters in Yverdon.

  • He then set fire to the house and executed himself.

  • At the beginning of the 2000s, the murderer, who later changed careers, worked for Kapo Vaud.

The 45-year-old man, who died in Yverdon on Thursday 9 March his killed four family members with a gunthen set the house on fire and set himself up, worked for the Vaud canton police, like «Morning Sunday» writes. In December 2001, the then 24-year-old police candidate was sworn in as one of 34 new recruits.

sea ​​«24 hours» he left the police at the end of March to pursue another professional activity. A former business partner of the perpetrator says: “He quit because he was fed up. blood, guns, crime and murder. There were too many emotions. He couldn’t take the stress anymore.” The man then went into his family’s company.

family broke up

In 2008, he also founded an internet platform for the sale and exchange of objects, which, according to the “SonntagsZeitung”, was closed in 2012. In the course of his new professional career, the man is described by former business partners as a pathological liar who is not afraid to bend the truth in order to gain respect from his business partners.

At the end of 2015, the family man changed the focus of his business to communication, web design and the rental of event technology. A few years later, probably in 2018, the family broke up. His wife moves out of the family home with their three daughters and returns to the Yverdon region. In the summer of 2021 she will move into the house that her husband moved into almost two years later Is set on fire after he shot his entire family hat.

«Collector, philanthropist and crypto investor»

According to “Le Matin Dimanche”, the father wanted that his family moves abroad with him. He therefore spoke of moving to Abu Dhabi, Mauritius or South Africa.

He applied online, for example, as a co-founder of an exploration and mining company in southern Africa, but also as a “collector, philanthropist and investor in cryptocurrencies”.

Are you mourning or mourns someone you know

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Rainbow Switzerland AssociationHelp for grieving families

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The tragic incident that occurred in Yverdon-les-Bains has shocked many people in Switzerland and beyond. The fact that the perpetrator was an ex-policeman who resigned due to his discomfort with “weapons and violence” has raised questions about the mental state of individuals who work in law enforcement. The victims and their families will never be forgotten, and we hope that they will find the strength to heal from this senseless act. If you or someone you know needs help coping with grief or trauma, there are resources available to offer support. Let us all take a moment to reflect on the importance of mental health awareness and seek ways to prevent such tragedies from happening again.

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