The companion of the 49-year-old postwoman found dead Friday in Alièze (Jura) was indicted on Monday August 29 for spousal homicide after admitting to being the author of the blows at the origin of his death, indicated the prosecutor of the Republic of Besançon.
The Besançon public prosecutor’s office requested the provisional detention of this 40-year-old former road haulier. Arrested on Saturday evening after presenting himself to the municipal police station in Carnon (Hérault), “he admitted to being behind the beatings that led to the death of this woman“, indicated the prosecutor Étienne Manteaux during a press conference.
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“The project of dismembering it, before giving up”
According to his explanations, the couple was seated on the evening of August 18, when he allegedly pushed his partner before violently hitting her head on the ground. According to the autopsy, the victim died ofseveral major skull fractures“after a phase”in agony“. “He remains quite confused about his motives“but his act could”have a connection with the will (of his partner) to separate from him“, explained the prosecutor. The man also confided to the gendarmes of the research section of Besançon, in charge of the investigation, that he hadthe project of dismembering it, before giving up“. He had left two messages with the victim before leaving, writing in particular to have “took the life of (his) spouse on a moment of anger“. “So I’m leaving, I don’t deserve any sacrifice, except to die a coward, goodbye my Sisi“, sign “Guitou“.
Friday, the firefighters had discovered the body in a state of decomposition of the postwoman, the bare torso, in her barn in Alièze. His boss at La Poste had reported his disappearance. A week earlier, the suspect had sent him three text messages with his companion’s phone to justify her absence from work. “ImpulsiveUnder the influence of alcohol, the respondent has been convicted in the past of violently pushing and injuring a former companion, as well as for drunk driving and property damage.
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of the Interior, 122 women were victims of spousal murder in 2021, a number up 20% compared to 2020. Accounting for the death of this last victim, the collective “Femicide by companions or ex», which identifies them for its part, has meanwhile counted 75 for the current year.
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