She was lying on the ground, half naked and unconscious, when a witness gave the alert Sunday evening.
After three days of hospitalization, this 40-year-old woman, found seriously injured in a parking lot, located near the administrative city of Évry-Courcouronnes (Essonne), "died this Wednesday as a result of her skull and face injuries. “, Indicates the prosecution of Évry.
A 27-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday by the men of the Évry judicial police, then placed in police custody.
The latter was extended on Wednesday.
The respondent must be brought this Thursday before an investigating judge of the Evry court for an indictment.
The prosecution requested the opening of a judicial investigation for “rape and murder with an act of torture and barbarism” against him.
According to our information, this 27-year-old man, originally from Essonne, is known to the courts “for a criminal record several years old, blows a source close to the investigation.
He was sentenced when he was a minor for common law cases such as theft, violence and degradation”.
Present in the perimeter during the commission of the facts
During their investigations, investigators from the Évry judicial police were able to establish that the suspect was part of the victim's entourage.
The young man seems to be an acquaintance of the forties.
“They knew each other but were not particularly close, confirms the prosecution.
There is no indication that they were married.
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According to the first elements of the investigation, the defendant was also present in the perimeter where the attack and the rape took place.
This, among other things, motivated his arrest.
However, the man denied any involvement while in police custody, according to a source familiar with the matter.
In less than a month, this is the second time that a woman has been found seriously injured on the public highway, half-naked.
At the beginning of December, in Fleury-Mérogis, a 47-year-old woman was found "naked, unconscious" and "in a coma" in the middle of the Aunettes district.
Taken to the hospital in a state of absolute emergency, she came out of a coma a few days later.
The investigation by the gendarmes of the Évry research brigade is still ongoing.
To date, no one has been arrested.