Man in his forties, known to the courts, called the firefighters Monday morning to warn that his partner was injured. When they arrived, they could only note his death, “with traces of blows” The forty-year-old had been living for a short time with this Riviera woman of the same age in this coastal town.

Initial investigations revealed that he was intoxicated and under the influence of drugs that night. A “feminicide” occurs, on average, every three days in France.