The investigation, entrusted to the SR (Research Section) of Nancy is continuing, but the trail of the marital dispute seems privileged in the drama that occurred in Grande Rue, and brought to light this Friday, September 24 in Tonnoy.
It is indeed in this village of some 700 souls, located about twenty kilometers south of Nancy, that the firefighters intervened this Friday after being called, a little before noon, by the daughter of a couple , who had just received an alarming message from her mother. When they arrived at the couple’s home, the firefighters discovered, in the kitchen, the lifeless body of a 54-year-old man: the father of the young girl who raised the alert. Body presenting wounds “compatible with voluntary violence.” “
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Alcohol problems
The spouse of the deceased man, found in a state of intoxication, was immediately arrested, then placed in police custody.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the couple were known for their drinking problems and their marital disputes.
The accused, aged 47, is known to the services of Justice: she was sentenced on May 14, 2020 to 3 months’ imprisonment with probationary suspension for 2 years, for “acts of violence by a person in a state of manifest intoxication, followed by incapacity not exceeding 8 days. »Violence then exercised, in December 2018, against his daughter, now 20 years old. The orientation given to the procedure after this death noted in Tonnoy, should be known at the end of the custody of the spouse, custody scheduled to last 48 hours.
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