A 71-year-old man was indicted for spousal murder and remanded in custody on Tuesday after the discovery on Christmas morning of the lifeless body of his 64-year-old wife at their home in Saint-Pierre-d'Eyraud (Dordogne). ), we learned from the prosecutor of Périgueux.
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The first external examination of the body makes it possible to consider that it is a question of a suspicious death, the victim presenting numerous traces suggesting that she received blows, but it does not yet make it possible to know with certainty the causes. death
,” prosecutor Solène Belaouar told AFP.
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We are awaiting the autopsy report which will allow us to learn more
” about the circumstances of the death, she added.
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The suspect, who was on the scene when help arrived early Sunday morning, was taken into custody immediately after.
He himself warned the emergency services, according to the local press.
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of the Interior, 122 women were victims of their spouse in 2021, a number up 20% compared to 2020.
