A man surrendered to the authorities after killing two women, including his partner near Alès in the Gard, on May 5. He said it was for the sake of his 10-month-old child.
A 39-year-old man is suspected of having killed two women near Alès in the Gard, on Friday May 5th. Indicted, the victims of this man were his companion and her sister. There is talk of a double feminicide in Salles-du-Gardon to which the suspect affirms that it was for “the good of his child”. “The suspect claims to have acted “for the good of his child”, arguing that his in-laws only let him see his daughter in exchange for a sum of money“according to the press release from the prosecutor of Nîmes, on Sunday May 7.
According to him, this man was pending separation with his companion. In a tense atmosphere, he admits difficulties related to the fact that he is “in an irregular situation in France”. Something that his in-laws regularly remind him of, according to the press release. According to the suspect and a beautician present at the time of events, he had gone to the home of his companion, on Friday, May 5. After thata violent argument broke out with his sister-in-law, the suspect stabs her several times. Trying to intervene, his companion gets stab to death in the throat.
He forces her to take him to the police station
Faced with the fait accompli, the man forces the beautician to take himat the police station to get there. This is how the authorities heard that he would have done so for the sake of his 10-month-old daughter, whom he could very rarely see because of his in-laws. After his custody, the suspect was brought to the court of Nîmes before being indicted for “spouse murder”, “murder” And “aggravated intentional violence”. The investigation is continuing.