A 52-year-old man himself went to the Meaux (Seine-et-Marne) police station on the night of Sunday to Monday, explaining that he had killed his wife on Sunday and then threw her body in the Marne, we learned from police sources.
His police custody continued Monday morning, a police source said.
The man came to the police station accompanied by one of his children, in his twenties.
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He explained that Sunday morning, between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., he had "
a dispute on the basis of separation with his wife
", described this source, and added to have suffocated her with a pillow and then threw her body in the Marne. The respondent, a cook in a hotel-restaurant, also reported having returned to his home after the facts and then having taken up his duty, according to the same source. The body of the victim has not yet been found, said another police source. The rescue services were to resume their search on Monday. The judicial police of the department were seized of the investigation.
According to a report from the Ministry of the Interior, 146 women were killed by their spouse or ex-spouse in 2019, and 102 in 2020. In mid-November, the collective Feminicides by companion or ex reported on Facebook “
100th and 101st
”conjugal murders recorded during the year 2021 in France, according to his report.
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