A policeman suspected of having strangled his wife actively wanted in Paris

An ongoing investigation. The facts took place on January 28 around 8:55 p.m. The body of a young 28-year-old graphic designer was found at the Parisian home of her spouse, who is the main suspect. The alleged murderer is a police officer 29 years old. “Following the report of a police officer who had not taken his service in Blanc-Mesnil, Seine-Saint-Denis, the police went to an apartment in the 19th arrondissement“, first indicated a source close to the investigation. “On the spot, they discovered the body of a woman whose circumstances of death are unknown at this stage. The policeman is wanted“, said the same person. Indeed, they are police officers from the 19th arrondissement who discovered the victim’s body. they had gone to the home of Arnaud B, after having been alerted by their colleagues from Blanc-Mesnil, in Seine-Saint-Denis. The reason ? They were worried about not hearing from her while supposed to take his service this Friday, January 28, at the beginning of the afternoon. “He had contacted his service to say that he would not come. But then he didn’t answer the calls“, can we read. To date, Arnaud B is still wanted by the police.

Atrocious facts. When the police went to the home of the alleged murderer, they made a macabre discovery in the bathroom since the body of the young woman, aged 28, was in the bathtub. At his side, several liquor bottles have been discovered on the bed and on the windowsill. Quickly, an investigation for “intentional homicide of partner” was opened. According to the police, Arnaud B could have fled at the wheel of his personal car, a white Peugeot 208. He could also be armed since his service weapon was not found neither at his home nor at the police station. At the start of the investigation, the medical examiner had said unable to comment on the cause of death of the young woman. Subsequently, the autopsy revealed that she was death by strangulation. Moreover, this is not the first time that the police had been called to his home. In June 2020, it was the suspect who had “asked for the intervention of the police for a disagreement with his partner who would have been violent with him. He had a swollen face“, explained a police source. A murder taken very seriously. “We are doing everything to find this man who is dangerous because we must never underestimate the dangerousness of the perpetrators of domestic violence“said Elisabeth Moreno, Minister Delegate for Equality between Women and Men.

Arnaud B: who is the alleged attacker?

Arnaud B had been a police officer since 2012 and he had been placed in police custody in October 2019 for “violence against his girlfriend at the time. He had thus been sentenced to an alternative to prosecution for domestic violence“, explained a police source. Subsequently, it was clarified that he had “is the subject of a summons for an awareness training course on domestic violence“, can we read. Administratively, he had been sanctioned with a warning, a “disciplinary sanction of the first group, the lowest in the public service, and is not the subject of any mention in the official’s file“. While the investigation has only just begun, the policeman is still actively sought.

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