Two individuals were indicted this Sunday and then placed in pre-trial detention, for the murder of a young woman found dismembered in Ilet Cocos in the commune of Saint-Benoît on the island of Reunion, Le
Figaro
learned this Monday, by a press release from the Saint-Benoît public prosecutor's office, confirming the information from
France Info
.
The young woman was found dead on January 25 after having disappeared four days before.
His body was discovered dismembered and wrapped in a sheet under branches, the prosecution further specifies.
A judicial investigation was opened this Sunday
“at the end of which two people were presented to the investigating magistrate”,
further indicates the prosecution.
The investigations carried out by the Saint-Denis research section and the Saint-Benoît research brigade were able to implicate the main suspect.
Aged 33 and living in Saint-Benoît, he was indicted for murder, damage to a corpse and alteration of a crime scene.
On the facts,
“his statements remained to be clarified”
, but he admitted having struck the young woman during a dispute.
Criminal record
Placed in police custody on Friday January 26, he guided investigators to the murder weapon and the victim's limbs.
Known to the justice services, the main suspect had already been convicted in 2017 for violence against a spouse, the prosecution further reports.
The second individual was indicted for concealment of a corpse and complicity in altering a crime scene.