A 52-year-old father surrendered himself to the Meaux police station on the night from Sunday to Monday, explaining that he had killed his wife, aged 59, on Sunday morning before throw his body in the Marne, we learned this Monday morning from FranceTVInfo.
Between midnight and 1 a.m. on Monday, the fifty-year-old presented himself to the police station, avenue du Président-Salvador-Allende, to denounce himself.
He was accompanied by one of his children, in his twenties.
His custody, which began in the early hours of Monday, continues in the morning, according to our information.
The suspect, who is not known to the police for domestic violence, explained that Sunday morning, between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., he had "a dispute on the basis of separation with his wife", according to AFP .
And added having suffocated her with a pillow and then thrown her body into the Marne.
The respondent, a cook in a hotel-restaurant, also reported having returned to his home after the facts and then taking up his duty.
The judicial police of Meaux, branch of the regional directorate of the judicial police of Versailles, was seized of the investigation.
According to our information, the body of the victim has not yet been found.
The research is due to take place on Monday.
More than 105 feminicides since January 1 according to a collective
According to a report from the Ministry of the Interior, 146 women were victims of feminicides, that is to say killed by their spouse or ex-spouse in 2019, and 102 in 2020.
On December 3, the collective Feminicides by companion or ex listed in our columns, on the occasion of the murder of Bouchra in Epinay-sur-Seine, killed by her ex-spouse on November 26, the 105th feminicide since January 1, 2021 in France.
More information to come.
