A 33-year-old man murdered his wife with a knife in front of their two-year-old child, the Saint-Etienne prosecutor's office said on Sunday (December 27th).
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This father, unknown to Justice, called the fire department around 3 p.m. after stabbing his 32-year-old wife who died, suffering from a heart attack
" detailed André Merle, deputy prosecutor of Saint-Etienne according to West France.
After committing the homicide, the man allegedly attempted to kill himself.
He would have stabbed himself in the neck.
Then he called the firefighters who intervened before he was taken into custody.
The child present there was entrusted to an uncle.
An investigation was opened and entrusted to the departmental security of the Loire in order to determine the circumstances and the motive of the murder.