A woman, probably killed with a stabbing weapon, was discovered on Wednesday August 4 in an apartment in Gréoux-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) and her suspected murderer, suffering from schizophrenia, arrested, learned the 'AFP with the prosecutor's office of Digne-les-Bains.
The victim is 26 years old and of Hungarian nationality.
A suspect, who could be his companion, was arrested and then hospitalized automatically, said the same source.
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According to the first elements of the investigation, the alert was given around 1:30 p.m. by "
a father who warned the gendarmerie that his 31-year-old son, suffering from schizophrenia, was walking in the streets of Gréoux-les- Bains taking delusional words,
”detailed the prosecutor's office in Digne-les-Bains. The father then went to his son's apartment where he discovered the young woman's body. "
A bloody knife was found in the apartment,
" said the same source.
"
The custody of the suspect was lifted because it was not compatible with regard to his condition which required his hospitalization without consent in a psychiatric service
," said the prosecution. An investigation for "
intentional homicide
" was opened and entrusted to the research brigade of the gendarmerie of Forcalquier.
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