A 35-year-old man, with a clean criminal record, was indicted Saturday in Lorient for "homicide by spouse" and placed in detention, AFP learned this Saturday, July 22 from the prosecutor's office of Lorient. On the night of Thursday to Friday, the lifeless body of a 32-year-old woman was discovered in the town of Marzan (Morbihan) "lying on the road," according to a statement from the prosecutor's office.
A criminal investigation was then opened in flagrance, by the Prosecutor's Office of Vannes, for "voluntary homicide" and the investigations entrusted to the Research Brigade of Vannes. "The first forensic findings pointed to a probable high-kinetic collision with a vehicle" and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday, according to the prosecutor's office.
He admits to having knocked down his wife
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Thanks to the first testimonies, suspicions were directed towards the victim's partner", placed in police custody. "He admitted to having run over his wife with his vehicle but claimed to have done so without realizing that he was hitting a person and even less his wife," according to the statement, which specifies: "The indirect testimonies and findings contradicted this version.
»Given the criminal nature of the facts, the Vannes Public Prosecutor's Office relinquished jurisdiction "in favor of that of Lorient, criminal pole". "The investigations will now continue on rogatory commissions and expertise," adds the same source.