An 87-year-old man is suspected of killing by electrocution his wife with Alzheimer's disease. The rescue had intervened Thursday morning in a pavilion of Verrières-le-Buisson, a town located about ten kilometers south of Paris.

The man was hospitalized with an uncommitted prognosis. He was then taken into custody on Thursday. In front of the police, he admitted the facts and indicated that his wife wished to die. He would have wound the latter with electric cables before electrocuting her.