‘We feel abandoned’: Parents of slain French woman demand Portugal extradite double femicide suspect Cédric Prizzon

The killings and arrest

In late March 2026, former French policeman Cédric Prizzon allegedly abducted his ex-partner Audrey Cavalié in Aveyron before fleeing with his current partner Angela Legobien and their two children. Cavalié, 40, and Legobien, 26, were later found dead, their bodies buried in an isolated spot in the Bragança district of northeastern Portugal. Prizzon, 42, was arrested nearby with the children, a shotgun and several false licence plates. He has been in preventive detention in Portugal since 24 March.

Family’s outcry

On 15 June, the parents of Angela Legobien held a press conference in Rodez, Aveyron, with their lawyers. Mother Émilie Schipper described being left in the dark by Portuguese authorities.

“We appeal to the humanity of the Portuguese authorities. Nobody asked us to come and identify our daughter’s body. We feel like nobody cares – neither France nor Portugal.”

Her father, Jérôme Legobien-Cadillac, demanded action from Paris.

“We call on French justice, on the French state, to help us, to do everything to make this murderer come back.”

Portuguese refusal

In early May, a Portuguese court refused to execute the European arrest warrant issued by France. The court argued that the crimes were committed entirely or partly on Portuguese territory and that judicial proceedings were already underway there. Legobien-Cadillac said two French gendarmes sent to Portugal were treated poorly and received no cooperation. The family’s lawyer, Me Cédric Galandrin, deemed the decision highly questionable.

“The accused is French, both victims are French, the accused agrees to be tried in France, and for now Portuguese justice says no.”

French silence

A letter sent over a month ago to French justice minister Gérald Darmanin has gone unanswered, according to the mother’s lawyer, Me Elsa Cazor. She called the lack of response nonsensical, noting the affair has no substantial link to Portugal beyond Prizzon’s destination. The victims’ families continue to press for an extradition they describe as a matter of common sense and dignity.