By Lizzie Edmonds PUBLISHED: 08:16 EST, 16 September 2013 | UPDATED: 03:17 EST, 17 September 2013 Francisco Benitez, 50, killed himself at his army barracks in Perpignan, southern France A French Foreign Legionnaire suspected of murdering his wife and daughter placed a noose around his neck and then jumped from a window at his army barracks, it has emerged. Horrified witnesses were on their way to breakfast when Francisco Benitez, 50, committed suicide at around 6am at the site in Perpignan, southern France on August 5. He died instantly. Official French sources had previously reported that the Spanish-born officer had hanged himself behind a closed door in a toilet after he was questioned about the disappearance of his wife Marie-Josée, 53, and their 19 year old daughter Allison on July 14.
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Witness has claimed that Francisco Benitez, 50, killed himself in full view of other legionnaires at barracks in Perpignan, southern France.
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Official French sources had previously reported that the Spanish-born officer hanged himself behind a closed door in a toilet
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Benitez questioned about the disappearance of his wife Marie-Josée, 53, and their beauty queen daughter Allison, 19, on July 14
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Blood containing Allison's DNA was found in a freezer that Benitez and another soldier moved from his apartment to the barracks
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Links made between legionnaire and disappearance of a Brazilian in 2004
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