Picardy: the spouse of a septuagenarian found dead freed

The spouse of a 70-year-old woman found dead at her home in Albert (Somme) was released on Tuesday evening, the prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that "at this stage the charges are not enough" for a bet under review. "The forensic examinations in progress (anatomopathology and toxicology) and the complementary technical police investigations on the scene of death will make it possible to specify the circumstances of the death" , indicated the public prosecutor of Amiens, Alexandre de Bosschère, in a press release .

A 70-year-old woman with "significant head wounds" was found dead at her home on Monday afternoon and her husband, who called the fire brigade himself and made "inconsistent statements" , had taken into custody. Unknown to the justice system, he was released at around 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the prosecutor's office estimating that "at this stage the charges collected are not sufficient to allow this person to be charged with the charge of intentional homicide."

Hearings of members of the neighborhood or acquaintances of the couple will continue. The couple's apartment is sealed during the time of the investigation. The autopsy performed on Tuesday morning " confirmed the presence of the first lesions noted" and also "highlighted several cost fractures" .