The 21-year-old young woman suspected of having killed her spouse with a stab at Wednesday in Saint-Quentin (Aisne) was indicted Friday evening and placed in provisional detention, we learned from the prosecution.
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Intervening in their apartment around 10 p.m. after a neighbor's call, the emergency services had found the young man in cardio-respiratory arrest and tried in vain to revive him. According to the results of the autopsy, "he died from a stab wound to the level of the heart" and "which could only have been given with a certain force", leaving little doubt as to "his intentional character " Said the prosecutor's office in Laon, AFP, on Friday. When questioned by the investigators, "the neighbors said they heard loud voices from both women and men".
In police custody, the young woman "at first" explained having struck the blow "inadvertently" , after having turned suddenly while she was cooking. She "recognized an argument with her companion but no blows exchanged," continued the prosecution. But "his statements then evolved" , the challenge ensuring the investigators "do not remember the circumstances of the facts" , according to the prosecution, who could not give at this stage details on the "version" finally delivered Friday evening to the examining magistrate.
Charged for "homicide on spouse" , she was placed in pre-trial detention for four days, at the end of which she must be again presented to the liberty and detention judge who will decide on a possible warrant for the deposit of 12 months.