According to The Parisian Monday August 21, 2023, a 30-year-old man was arrested in Spain on Friday August 18, 2023 as part of a homicide investigation opened after the discovery of a body. He is suspected of being the author of the violent murder of Marie-Astrid, on August 13, 2023, rue Beaujon in Paris (8th), not far from the Arc de Triomphe. The police of the crime squad managed to obtain the name of the suspect thanks to several clues left in this 39-year-old woman, receptionist in a luxury hotel, despite an attempt “rude” erasure. “Simple Acquaintance” of the victim, he had stolen his phone, which would have made it possible to follow his journey. Sentenced in July 2023 to a prison term “a priori suspended sentence”specify our colleagues, for violence with a knife, he was the subject an arrest warrant issued by the investigating judge and distributed internationally. “A request for surrender to the French judicial authorities is being processed”, specifies this source close to the investigation.
“A big mess in the apartment”, according to the parents of the victim
As already reported The Parisian on August 14, 2023, this 39-year-old woman lived alone on the ground floor of an apartment belonging to her parents. Receptionist in a luxury hotel, Marie-Astrid hadn’t heard from them for five days. They went to his home on Sunday August 13, 2023 “at the end of the afternoon”opening the locked door with the duplicate of their keys and immediately noticing a “big mess in the apartment”. Police officers from the 8th arrondissement of Paris then went to the scene. They had first noticed a bloody blanket on the gutted sofa, then discovered the corpse “mutilated” from the receptionist in the shower stall, covered in a bloodstained blanket. On Monday August 14, 2023, an autopsy was performed by experts at the Paris Forensic Institute to determine the exact cause of death.