A detainee accused of the rape and murder of an octogenarian who disappeared in May 2019 in Charente-Maritime, whose body without head or hands was found three weeks later, committed suicide, the Poitiers prosecutor's office announced on Wednesday.
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This man, concierge of the residence for seniors where the victim lived, was being prosecuted for " murder preceded by another crime and attacking the integrity of a corpse ".
He had admitted the rape and murder of the octogenarian. He then allegedly mutilated the body to delay identification. He was detained at the Poitiers-Vivonne penitentiary center.
The victim's body, in an advanced state of decomposition, was found in early June 2019 by walkers in a forest of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée, three weeks after the disappearance of this 85-year-old woman.
