Two lifeless bodies were found at their home in the small village of Vincelles, in Burgundy Bresse. The hypothesis of femicide followed by a suicide is being considered.
The man, a septuagenarian, allegedly killed his fifty-year-old wife using a hunting rifle, before turning the weapon against himself. A feminicide occurs on average every three days in France. In 2022, 118 women were killed by their spouse or ex-spouse, according to a report from the Ministry of the Interior.