The companion of a 28-year-old woman found dead on March 20, strangled, near Toulouse, was indicted "
for spousal homicide
" and imprisoned in a psychiatric unit, we learned Thursday March 31 from a close source. of the investigation.
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Questioned Thursday in police custody for the first time, he "
did not recognize the facts
", affirming that "
he does not explain himself
" and "
does not understand
what happened, according to the same source.
The victim's autopsy confirmed the thesis of death by strangulation.
The body of the young woman was repatriated to Algeria, her country of origin, to be buried there.
On March 20, the gendarmes intervened in a house in Villefranche-de-Lauragais, near Toulouse, after being alerted by a neighbor who had heard screams.
When they arrived, they found the victim already dead, alongside his prostrate companion.
The Toulouse public prosecutor's office had decided on the compulsory hospitalization of the companion, his mental state being incompatible with a placement in police custody and an interrogation.
Since then, he was interned in the Marchant psychiatric hospital in Toulouse.
He must return there within the framework of a warrant of committal.
