French prosecutor says 3 leads in grisly murder

CREATED Sep. 12, 2012

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ANNECY, France (AP) -- The prosecutor trying to unravel the mystery behind the killings of a British-Iraqi couple and two others says there are still no suspects but there are three leads of interest, including the possibility of a family dispute.

Prosecutor Eric Maillaud said at a Wednesday news conference that a 7-year-old girl who survived the attack last week in a remote area of southeast France is a "key witness" but likely will not be the pivot to unraveling the grisly case.

She's still recovering from wounds and hasn't been questioned.

The leads are a family financial dispute, possible links to the dead driver's profession as an engineer, and the couple's roots in Iraq.