It is a macabre discovery that the police made in an apartment in Tourcoing last Saturday.
The lifeless body of a woman, probably stabbed, lay at her home, France Bleu reveals.
A first forensic examination of the body revealed several wounds, which could be caused by a stabbing weapon.
Relatives without news for several days
It was the relatives of the victim, without news of her for several days, who raised the alert.
The investigations, entrusted to the judicial police, are continuing within the framework of a preliminary investigation.
READ ALSO>
Feminicide: a man admits to his doctor having strangled his companion
This tragic story recalls others: in mid-March, a young mother of a 7-month-old baby was also stabbed to death in Champagne-sur-Oise (Val-d'Oise).
Her partner stabbed the 23-year-old woman during the night.
His companion then took refuge on the roof before being arrested.
Their child is unharmed.
In Mably (Loire), a 34-year-old woman was also found at home in mid-March, shot dead.
The alleged perpetrator is a former companion, who presented himself at the police station.
At the end of January, in Sevran, a 24-year-old woman died under the stab wounds of her companion.
Because of his state of mental confusion, the latter had been placed in a psychiatric hospital.
