The body of the husband of an 87-year-old woman, suffering from Alzheimer's and seriously injured with a hammer at the beginning of January in Strasbourg, was fished out of the Ill, the river which waters the Alsatian capital, we learned Tuesday, February 8 with the public prosecutor's office.
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The body, fished out on January 30 near a bridge, was identified thanks to "
odontology
" examinations, it was said.
Investigations are continuing to determine the cause of death of this 85-year-old man, who had not been found since the incident.
On January 3, worried about not having any news, a home nurse had discovered the octogenarian, seriously injured and bleeding in various parts of the body.
She had been hospitalized and lost an eye.
A hammer was present next to his bed on which there were traces of blood, said a source close to the file.
A call for witnesses for "
worrying disappearance
" had been launched by the police.
No complaint for violence had ever been filed against the victim's husband, said a police source.
According to the couple's son, his mother had already been violent towards her husband because of his illness, a source familiar with the matter said.