A woman in her fifties was stabbed to death by her ex-spouse who was then found dead hanged near Bordeaux, we learned this Friday from the Libourne prosecutor's office (Gironde), confirming information from the daily Sud-Ouest.
The victim, born in 1968, was stabbed with a knife in Saint-Laurent-d'Arce, about thirty kilometers north of Bordeaux.
Found in a locked garage
Her former spouse, a time wanted by the gendarmes, "
killed himself by hanging
" and was found in a locked garage, a spokesman for the prosecution told AFP.
Investigators were forced to force open the garage door with a crowbar to gain access.
Resident of Montendre (Charente-Maritime), about thirty kilometers from Saint-Laurent d'Arce, the man was 62 years old.
The number of feminicides increased by 20% in France in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 122 women killed under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse, against 102 in 2020, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior .