The body of the 29-year-old woman was discovered Thursday in Saint-Benoît (east of the island) A man in his thirties was indicted and imprisoned for intentional homicide and damaging the integrity of a corpse. Another man, aged around twenty, was placed in pre-trial detention after being indicted for altering a crime scene.
According to authorities' figures, Réunion is the fourth most violent French department against women. In 2023, an average of 17.3 interventions by law enforcement for domestic violence were recorded each day.