After confessing to the murder of his wife, a teacher found dead near Narbonne (Aude), her husband was indicted for "aggravated murder" and placed in pre-trial detention.
"In accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution, he was indicted on the count of aggravated murder, because committed on a spouse, and placed in pre-trial detention", explained prosecutor Marie-Agnès Joly.
During his custody, Billy Kruger explained to the examining magistrate that he was seeking "to defend himself" when he stabbed his wife, the prosecutor said.
Arrested at the airport
The victim, Laure Kruger, was discovered dead on Friday in a rainwater outlet in Peyriac-de-Mer, a village south of Narbonne where they used to spend a few weeks a year. The father of the victim worried not to see his daughter, who was to visit him, called the town hall of Peyriac-de-Mer.
After the discovery of the body, the gendarmes contacted the air and border police who managed to arrest the man in the boarding area of Toulouse airport, according to the prosecutor.
“We do not yet know all the facts, but we have never had a warning signal from Laure, about violent acts against her on the part of her husband. We always think that it can only happen to others, but violence against women can happen suddenly, ”wrote on his Facebook page Pierre Bardina, the victim's brother.
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The murder of Laure Kruger made the feminist collective “We All” react on Twitter.
Friday July 24, in Peyriac-de-Mer (11), Laure (52 years old) was killed by her spouse.
This is the 54th feminicide since the start of the year. @EmmanuelMacron Feminicides are not on summer leave.
Source: @feminicidesfr https://t.co/YPkpwhgZpp#NeLesOublionsPas pic.twitter.com/mIZygTCLEG
According to AFP, 40 suspected feminicides have been committed since the start of the year. In 2019, the agency identified at least 126 cases of women killed by their partner or ex, or a woman every three days on average.