“
This story may have broken a couple of things in me. I may have suffered too much
”. This sentence by Mathieu Danel concerning his relationship with a young woman illustrates, according to a personality investigator, “
a turning point in his trajectory
”. This perfectly ordinary-looking 26-year-old is on trial for the murder of Claire, a 39-year-old interpreter guide whom he had hitchhiked in June 2018 near Sommières (Gard). Driven by murderous desires for several years, he admitted with disconcerting coldness that he had acted to find out
“what feelings it gives to take away life”
.
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At the helm, the personality investigator spoke on Tuesday morning about the chaotic love life of Mathieu Danel.
The accused notably maintained a three-year relationship – punctuated by multiple ruptures – with a woman named Solène.
“
He had a feeling of romantic disappointment during his high school years.
He had even given up having relations with the fairer sex
, ”begins the investigator…
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