A Belgian national on vacation in Fréjus, in the Var, was arrested and taken into police custody after his wife was found dead and bearing
“suspicious traces”
, we learned on Tuesday from the Draguignan public prosecutor's office.
“A woman of Belgian nationality was found dead in the apartment rented for vacation, in the presence of her husband who was placed in police custody due to suspicious traces found on the victim's body,” a statement said
. the prosecution told AFP.
According to a police source, it was the emergency services who alerted the police on Tuesday around 5:30 a.m., intervening in this death, due to marks on the wrists and neck of the deceased as well as traces of blood on a duvet and sheets.