The autopsy carried out on the body of the 31-year-old young woman discovered in Saint-Raphaël (Var) on Christmas Eve "
confirms the homicidal gesture
", announced the Draguignan prosecution on Wednesday, specifying that the husband had left "
hurriedly
” the department four days before.
The body of the victim, of Tunisian nationality, was discovered on December 24 after an alert given by neighbors.
If the presence of drugs could lead to privilege the track of suicide, the examination of the body of the young woman "
revealed possible traces of strangulation and hematomas on the face making very likely the intervention of a third party
", according to the press release from the public prosecutor of Draguignan.
The autopsy performed Wednesday at the Marseille Forensic Institute "
confirms the homicidal gesture
", added the magistrate, without specifying the possible date of death.
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As part of the investigation opened for intentional homicide, the judicial police of Toulon established that the husband of the victim, aged 39, had left "
hastily
" the Var with the couple's three minor children on December 20.
“
The findings at home did not show any trace of a struggle, but the apartment seemed to have been abandoned in an emergency
,” added the prosecution, which will request the opening of a judicial investigation into this file.
