A woman was found dead at her home on Sunday morning, alongside her prostrate companion, near Toulouse, AFP learned on Monday March 21 from a source close to the investigation.
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The gendarmes, alerted by a neighbor who heard cries, could only note the death of the victim, aged 28, in his accommodation in Villefranche-de-Lauragais (Haute-Garonne).
Traces of strangulation were found on the victim's body, a judicial source said.
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His companion, mute at the scene of the tragedy, was automatically hospitalized by decision of the Toulouse prosecutor's office, AFP learned from the same source.
His condition was not considered compatible with police custody.
The investigation was entrusted to the gendarmes of the Villefranche-de-Lauragais research brigade.
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