The investigations, at this stage, lean for a premeditated act. Judicial information for “assassination” was thus opened on Monday afternoon after the discovery on Saturday in Nice of the body of a woman that her ex-companion admitted to having strangled, confirmed the public prosecutor, in a press release. at 20 minutes.
The 60-year-old man reported to police saying he had an argument with his ex-wife, saying he did not know what condition she was in. On his indications, the police had found the 45-year-old victim in the trunk of a vehicle belonging to his son. The latter had also been taken into custody and then left free.
“Following a marital separation that took place in the spring of 2021”
“The person concerned admits at this stage of the proceedings having strangled the victim following an argument whose reasons have yet to be established precisely. These facts are in any event in the wake of a marital separation that took place during the spring of 2021, “says Xavier Bonhomme.
The man must be presented to an examining magistrate with a view to his indictment. The magistrate informed that “requisitions for a committal warrant will be taken […] in particular to appease the exceptional disturbance caused by the offense thus alleged ”.
This feminicide is the third of the year. On January 1 already two women, aged 27 and 56, had been stabbed to death in Maine-et-Loire and Meurthe-et-Moselle. Their companions were arrested. According to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior, 102 women were killed at the hands of their spouse or ex-spouse in 2020. They were 146 in 2019.