The man suspected of having killed his ex-wife and their two children, whose bodies were found Thursday in Dreux (Eure-et-Loir), was indicted on Monday, May 29, for “aggravated intentional homicides” and placed in pre-trial detention, announced the public prosecutor of Chartres.
This 46-year-old suspect, who was on the run, was arrested in the Yvelines on Saturday, barely two days after the discovery of the bodies of his 36-year-old ex-wife, their 13-year-old daughter and their little boy. 18 months. The Chartres prosecutor’s office was looking for Monday evening “to understand the conditions under which this aggravated triple homicide could have been committed”.
Indicted “counts of aggravated voluntary homicides of the woman and her two children”, the main defendant “continued to deny any participation in these facts by indicating that he was the victim of a conspiracy”, said prosecutor Frédéric Chevallier in a press release. Since his arrest on Saturday in Plaisir (Yvelines) in a telephone shop, this 46-year-old man “denies any involvement” in the criminal facts on which he is questioned, already specified Sunday the parquet floor in a press release.
Brought to Chartres on Sunday, the forties caused an unexpected incident in court by trying “to self-strangulate” before its passage before the judge of freedoms and detention (JLD), explained Mr. Chevallier. Placed under observation for a few hours in a hospital in Le Coudray, near Chartres, where he was to see a psychiatrist, the forties was able to return to the court in the evening to be presented to the JLD.
Already sentenced for violence against his family
This apparently deaf man, who speaks sign language, is suspected of having carried “forty shots” knife to his ex-spouse and a dozen to each child, according to the prosecutor. He was sentenced in September 2021, for violence against his wife and daughter, to one year’s imprisonment, including four months suspended probation, with a ban on contacting them.
Hours before the discovery of the bodies, he posted two Facebook posts accusing his wife of cheating on him and hitting his daughter, along with photos showing bruises on one forearm.
“From now on, the criminal investigation will continue under the direction of the investigating judge who will expedite any useful investigation to understand the conditions in which this aggravated triple homicide could have been committed and to better understand the contours of the personality of the defendant. review “, explained the prosecutor of Chartres. Autopsies of the three bodies are scheduled for Tuesday.
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.
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