A 32-year-old man was indicted for spousal murder and remanded in custody on Wednesday, May 19, suspected of having slit his partner's throat on May 11 in Reims, before seriously injuring himself, the prosecutor said.
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The police had discovered the body of the victim on May 11, around 7 p.m., after a call from her employer who was worried about not seeing her return to her post after lunch, recalls the public prosecutor of Reims, Matthieu Bourrette, in a press release. Aged 30, this home help was found "
bloody, mutilated
", the autopsy showing "that
she had received several stab wounds, and that she had been slaughtered several times
", according to the prosecution.
His companion, found "
seriously injured
" in the bathroom, on a window sill on the 3rd floor, had been hospitalized and operated on during the night. He had on his body "
nearly 15 stab wounds, which could have been carried out only by the person concerned
" according to medical findings.
According to the investigation, the couple had lived "
in cohabitation for two years
" and had "
moved for two months in this residence
", without being talked about "
apart from some noise problems related to music
", continues the prosecutor. "
It appeared, however, that the deceased had confided in relatives, indicating that she had been the victim of domestic violence, and had decided to leave
" her spouse, who "
according to several witnesses also tended to drink
". However, she had never lodged a complaint.
In custody Tuesday, the accused, without criminal history and without professional activity, assured to have been "
attacked by a third party of whom he knew nothing, who had first attacked his companion before leaving. take it to him
”, then remained silent. These elements, according to the prosecution, "
do not correspond at all
" to the findings of investigators and legal experts. Wednesday, after the opening of a judicial investigation, he was "
indicted on the count of murder by spouse and, in accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution, placed in pre-trial detention, in a hospital environment
", specifies Matthieu Bourrette. He faces life imprisonment.