A 33-year-old man was indicted for intentional homicide and placed in detention Monday evening, suspected of having beaten his mother to death on Saturday in Saint-Pierre, in the south of Reunion Island, he said. we learned from the prosecution.
Aged 56, the victim was found dead at his home and his son arrested and then taken into police custody shortly after, said the same source.
According to a source close to the case, arguments were frequent between the victim and her two sons, who lived under her roof.
On Saturday, it was after a new argument, the reason for which was not specified by investigators, that the eldest son hit his mother.
The son's lawyer, Me Clotilde Pauvert, told the press that her client
“regrets what happened”
and denies
“the intention of homicide”
.
The results of the autopsy performed on the victim to determine the exact causes of death have not been made public.