Overview
- Portuguese police stopped Cedric Prizzon near Meda on Tuesday, finding two children, forged papers, a pump‑action shotgun, and €17,000 in his car.
- Investigators uncovered two buried bodies on Wednesday in remote northern Portugal, believed to be his current and former partners, with identification still pending.
- A judge in Vila Nova de Foz Coa ordered Prizzon held after hours of questioning, with suspicions that include aggravated homicide, desecrating a corpse, and kidnapping.
- Authorities said the children will be returned to France as French prosecutors continue a related kidnapping inquiry launched after disappearances in the Aveyron area.
- Prizzon is a former Paris police officer and fathers’ rights activist who lost custody after taking his son to Spain in 2021 and later received a harassment conviction, a history that shaped the ongoing custody conflict.