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Bouches-du-Rhône: an octogenarian suspected of the murder of his partner

2/6/2024, 10:30:33 AM

Highlights: The victim's body was found Monday evening at his home in Marignane, with several stab wounds. Her husband, aged just under 90, was arrested and taken into police custody. A “dispute” would be at the origin of this surge of unprecedented violence, but the circumstances of the case still remain unclear. Still according to a police source, an investigation was opened and entrusted to the Bouches-du-Rhône departmental security, Le Figaro learned.


The victim's body was found Monday evening at his home in Marignane, with several stab wounds. Her husband, aged just under 90, was arrested and taken into police custody.

Le Figaro Marseille

A man aged just under 90 was arrested and placed in police custody this Monday, February 5 in Marignane, in Bouches-du-Rhône,

Le Figaro

learned from a police source, confirming information revealed by

Provence

.

A “dispute” at the origin of the affair?

According to this source, this man is suspected of having killed his partner with several stab wounds at their home.

A

“dispute”

would be at the origin of this surge of unprecedented violence, but the circumstances of the case still remain unclear.

Still according to a police source, an investigation was opened and entrusted to the Bouches-du-Rhône departmental security.