The tower in Colmar from which the 48-year-old victim was defenestrated. – Google Street view screenshot
Early Thursday evening, a 48-year-old woman died after falling from the window of her apartment on the 8th floor, 19 meters, of a building in the Bartholdi district, in Colmar (Haut-Rhin).
In a press release, the prosecutor of the Republic of Colmar, Catherine Sorita-Minard gives details of the investigation and the background of the suspect.
According to the first elements of the investigation, “it appears that the victim was in the company of his ex-companion at the time of this fall. Witnesses attest to an argument and screams. “Arrested in the wake, the individual was taken into custody last night,” on the count of homicide by spouse or partner. He was drunk. The investigations are in progress, entrusted to the police station of Colmar. He is currently auditioned as well as the witnesses of the scene. The association for helping victims, Espoir, was mobilized to provide assistance and support to relatives of the victim.
Sentenced in January 2019
The suspect, born in 1969, was convicted on January 17, 2019 by the court
correctional in Colmar to the penalty of six months imprisonment accompanied by a suspension with probation for three years for aggravated violence committed on October 1, 2018 on his companion, namely the person who died yesterday ”, specifies the prosecution .
The individual adds the prosecutor “was followed in the context of probation by the judge of the application of sentences and the integration and probation service. An assessment of his care will be carried out, in accordance with the instructions of the Keeper of the Seals in this area. “His criminal record also bears” mention of convictions handed down in Belgium in 2014 for driving under the influence of alcohol, and in Colmar in 2018 for driving a vehicle despite the suspension of his driving license, “adds the prosecution. .
Regarding the facts committed Thursday, given their criminal nature, the detained
“Will be presented to the public prosecutor’s office on Saturday afternoon for the opening of an information
judicial charge of homicide aggravated by the fact that the acts were committed
by the victim’s partner or former partner. “