Does the fire hide a murder?
Firefighters discovered the body of a woman in a shed, ravaged by flames, in the middle of the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, in a Roma camp in Fresnes.
“His totally charred body was found shortly after 3 a.m., underlines Marie Chavanon (PS), the mayor of the town who went there.
It would be a feminicide.
The husband was arrested and taken into custody.
Initially, the firefighters of Paris intervene for a fire which ravages a large part of the Roma camp, located rue de la Butte.
Midnight has struck for a few minutes.
The emergency services deployed nearly thirty vehicles to circumscribe the disaster and nearly 200 people, including children, were sheltered with the support of the police.
“There were approximately 175 people counted”, indicates the city councilor, which led to fairly regular tensions with the neighboring population.
The fire would have started from a small makeshift chapel before spreading to the various houses, made of planks and odds and ends.
“Nearly half of the camp burned down,” said the mayor.
Some have denounced the “violent behavior” of her husband
The emergency services inspect the scene and no casualties seem to be declared.
Once the blaze has reduced and the temperature has dropped, the firefighters embark on a new exploration of the premises to make sure that there are no victims.
There, stupor, around three o'clock, they fall on the lifeless body of a woman, in this shed, located close to the chapel.
Very quickly, several people in the camp began to denounce the “violent behavior” of her husband.
The latter is quickly found, drunk, with a knife on him.
Experts from the central laboratory, who had already visited a little earlier, were immediately called back to take samples and find possible traces of hydrocarbons from what resembles a crime scene.
The suspect was taken into custody.
The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police of Val-de-Marne.
“A fire had occurred last September.
It had started from rubbish and the occupants kept incriminating people, notes a person close to the file.
In the night, there was a deafening silence over the camp.
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The town hall immediately offered to rehouse the victims, but the camp residents all declined.
A little later in the night, they were able to reach the remaining makeshift houses.
