Woman dead in Montbéliard: criminal track confirmed, the suspect still at large

The autopsy of the body of the young woman found lifeless on Friday in an apartment in Montbéliard (Doubs) confirmed

, while the main suspect is still at large, the public prosecutor said on Monday. from the city.

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The young woman was the victim of a physical assault which caused

without however leaving visible traces on the body, told AFP Ariane Combarel, without giving more details on the exact causes of death in order to to

The police were contacted on Friday around 8:30 p.m. by a man explaining that a friend of his had called him to say that he had killed his girlfriend. The young woman was then found dead in the apartment he occupied.

"The man who informed of the presence of the body in the apartment is the number one suspect"

, according to Ariane Combarel, and

The 41-year-old suspect, of Algerian nationality, is actively wanted by the police.

A murder investigation was opened and entrusted to the Montbéliard police station in co-referral with the Besançon judicial police.

The man has an extremely busy judicial past, in particular for acts of violence between 2005 and 2008, then for traffic offenses and attacks on property, noted the magistrate.

He was notably the subject of legal proceedings for domestic violence in 2005 in Paris, according to a police source.