A woman and her husband were found dead on Monday at their home in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine) in what could be a feminicide followed by suicide, AFP learned on Tuesday from a police source, confirming information from the Actu 17 website.
It was the father of the victim who contacted the police, worried that he had not heard from his daughter for three days.
Found dead hanged
Arriving at the couple's home, the police discovered the lifeless body of this woman in her forties.
Her husband was also found dead, hanged.
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A priori the spouse would have killed his wife before committing suicide
”, indicates a source close to the file.
According to the first elements of the investigation, a neighbor reportedly said he heard a woman's cries during the night from Friday to Saturday.
The spouse would also have left a message on social networks on Saturday to announce his suicide.
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An investigation has been opened for spousal homicide and entrusted to the Hauts-de-Seine judicial police, said the Nanterre prosecutor's office, contacted by AFP.
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Autopsies have been ordered
,” added the prosecution.