A new feminicide in Val-d’Oise? A 45-year-old woman was killed by several stab wounds at her home in Franconville, where her spouse was found unconscious on Friday after taking medication, we learned this Saturday from police sources and from the Pontoise prosecutor’s office. It was the victim’s brother, worried that his phone calls would go unanswered, who contacted the emergency services on Friday evening, who came in the evening, the prosecution said.
The number of feminicides increased by 20% in France in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 122 women killed under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse, according to the latest figures available from the Ministry of the Interior.
The couple’s two children in the apartment
In the apartment on the fifth floor, the mother of the family is found in the living room, in a pool of blood. The 51-year-old man was lying in the kitchen, unconscious after taking medication, according to a police source. Having received “several stab wounds in the chest”, the victim succumbed to his injuries before help arrived, according to the same source, which adds that the suspect was still hospitalized on Saturday morning.
Showing no physical injuries, the couple’s two young children, aged two and three and a half, were found in the accommodation, without it being possible to know yet whether they witnessed the facts, said the Pontoise prosecutor’s office. The couple “had separated but had resumed living together for several months,” said the prosecution.
An investigation for “voluntary homicide by spouse” was opened and entrusted to the Ermont police station.