He had gone to the Cergy police station saying that he had just killed his mother. A man aged about 40 years was brought Friday, June 23, 2023, to the judicial court of Pontoise, as part of the opening of a judicial investigation. He was indicted by the investigating magistrate on the charge of murder and placed in pre-trial detention, the prosecutor's office confirmed.
This man, whose name is Samir, had presented himself Wednesday, June 21, around 15:30 p.m. to the police. His hands and clothes bloodied, he told officials that he had just killed his mother. They went to the home of the 63-year-old woman. That's where they find the body of this deceased woman. It was already too late to try to save her. The victim lives in Allée des Courlis, in a residence composed of small four-storey collective buildings, not far from the great mosque of Cergy, as well as townhouses, in a green and secure setting.
He stabs his mother with a knife
According to the first elements of the investigation, her throat seems to have been slit. She was allegedly assaulted in the kitchen of the apartment with a knife. There does not appear to have been a fight prior to the fatal blow(s). The son of the victim who came to denounce himself was placed in police custody, where he was questioned by the investigators of the departmental security. In front of the police, he allegedly confessed to the premeditation of his act, which would have originated from his mother's refusal to host him at her home.
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