This would be the sixth femicide since the start of the year in this department.
A 29-year-old woman died at the beginning of the week in Fréjus (Var), where she was hospitalized after being hit by her companion on the night of January 27 to 28, reported France Bleu Provence.
The young woman died from her injuries.
An autopsy must be performed in the coming days.
[18] Wednesday 14/2 in Grimaud (83), Lauren (29 years old) succumbed to her injuries in hospital after being beaten by her companion (30+).
It was a neighbor, alerted by the victim's cries, who called the emergency services.
The facts will be reclassified.
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His companion was arrested after the incident and then placed in pre-trial detention.
A judicial investigation for "attempted murder of a spouse", opened against this 33-year-old man, will be reclassified as "murder of a spouse", the Draguignan prosecutor's office announced to France Bleu.
A scene of “extreme violence”
The gendarmes discovered a scene of “extreme violence” when they arrived at the scene of the tragedy, on the night of January 27 to 28, in Grimaud (Var).
The victim suffered significant trauma to his face and body.
She had been placed in an artificial coma with “impaired vital prognosis”, as Var-Matin recalls.
This is the sixth feminicide since the start of the year in the Var, according to France Bleu.
The last one occurred on February 7 in Puget-sur-Argens when a 97-year-old man was arrested after killing his 95-year-old wife.
On average, a feminicide occurs every three days in France.
The Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti recently put forward the figure of 94 femicides in 2023, compared to 118 in 2022, a downward count viewed with skepticism by feminist associations.