It is around 5 a.m. on Saturday March 13 when a 32-year-old man arrives at the Roanne police station declaring “I just did something stupid, I killed my wife!” The individual, with traces of blood on his hands, then confesses to the Loire police officers having killed a 34 year old woman At her place.
On site, in an apartment in the city center of Mably, the police discover a woman struck several times with a knife, in the neck and in the carotid artery. They find a knife next to the victim’s bed. According to the first analyzes, the crime would have been committed between 2:30 am and 4:30 am. For the time being, it is difficult to ascertain whether the man is the current companion of the young woman or her ex, also difficult to say at this stage if they were married. The only certainty: the mother of the young woman who died assures that they had a relationship of several months.
The public prosecutor of Roanne specifies for his part that there is no history of arguing or holding back filed by the disappeared against her alleged murderer. An investigation was opened this Saturday by the prosecution for homicide by spouse or partner. The man was placed in custody. Of identity checks are in progress: he claims to have been born in Dakar. He will be presented before an investigating judge during this Sunday, March 13.
The victim’s body was transferred to the Saint-Etienne forensic institute: his autopsy will be conducted on Monday March 14 or Tuesday March 15 at the latest according to the public prosecutor of Roanne.
– Radio France
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