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Pregnant woman killed in the Loiret: the husband and his second companion imprisoned

2022-08-09T14:15:09.788Z


They were indicted for murder and acts of torture. The man suspected of having killed his eight-month-pregnant wife on Wednesday August 3 in Montargis (Loiret), as well as his second companion were both indicted and imprisoned for murder and acts of torture, announced this Tuesday August 9 the Orleans prosecutor's office. Read alsoPregnant woman killed in Montargis: the husband and his second companion brought for murder and act of torture The v


The man suspected of having killed his eight-month-pregnant wife on Wednesday August 3 in Montargis (Loiret), as well as his second companion were both indicted and imprisoned for murder and acts of torture, announced this Tuesday August 9 the Orleans prosecutor's office.

Read alsoPregnant woman killed in Montargis: the husband and his second companion brought for murder and act of torture

The victim's companion, aged 35 and of Senegalese nationality, was indicted for "

murder preceded, accompanied or followed by another crime in this case, an act of torture and barbarism

" and "

habitual violence

", a told AFP Christian Magret, deputy prosecutor of Orleans.

Present at the scene of the crime, the second companion of the alleged murderer, pregnant, was also indicted for murder and acts of torture and barbarism, as well as for "

usual violence

", according to the same source.

Both suspects have been placed under criminal arrest warrant.

Acts of torture and barbarism

The victim, aged 31 and eight months pregnant, died Wednesday at Montargis hospital, after being found unconscious at her home.

According to the Orleans prosecutor's office, citing the first elements of the autopsy on Friday, "

the cause of his death was a serious head injury (...) Some of the injuries observed are akin to acts of torture and barbarity.

The numerous lesions are of different ages (...) and have been observed all over the body

”.

The little girl carried by the victim was "

almost full term

" and "

viable

" and "

her death seems linked to that of the mother

", according to this same source.

During their intervention, the police had found that the apartment was “

unsanitary

”.

The couple's three children aged 2, 3 and 5, like that of the second partner, aged 3, had a "

rickety appearance

" and a "

dirt state

".

All four children were placed with child welfare.

During his hearings, the husband admitted to an argument with the victim, "

but he denied any intention of homicide

", according to the magistrate, specifying that no "warning

sign of violence

" had been "

worn to the knowledge (...) of all the authorities who are in a position to report the situation

”.

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Source: lefigaro

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