article_snippet.sent: David King, 70, and originally from east London, had not been seen for six months in the picturesque hamlet of Pierres, in the Calvados department, south west of Caen.
article_snippet.sent: David King retired there from David King job as an engineer in Britain some 15 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: On October 27, David King went to tea with friends living close to David King home, and is thought to have got into an argument with one, aged 28.
article_snippet.sent: Disappeared: David King, 70, had been missing for six months from David King home in Normandy, France .
article_snippet.sent: David King had been living in France for 15 years .
article_snippet.sent: David King lived alone, but regularly kept in touch with family, including grandchildren in the UK, said another source close to the investigation.
article_snippet.sent: It is believed David King has in son in Brighton, East Sussex and a daughter in Australia, who French police initially thought David King was visiting after David King disappearance last year.
article_snippet.sent: David King was known to have a heart condition, and there were concerns that David King had travelled away without David King medication.
article_snippet.sent: Other theories included suicide, but David King family did not believe it, as his family had been looking forward to seeing David King at Christmas.
article_snippet.sent: It was also suggested that David King might have gone to see David King daughter in Australia, but this was ruled out too because a passport was found at a passport home.
highlights_snippet.sent: David King had not been seen since David King went to tea with friends in October .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The 70-year-old is thought to have got into an argument before David King death .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But David King has yet to explain 'the circumstances of the death' 