In Neuvy, the gendarmes discovered a man and a woman who died in their residence. The husband, found in a different room, was in possession of a gun and a farewell note for his children in which he blamed his spouse. The prosecution has opened a criminal investigation for aggravated murder by the victim’s spouse.
Crime of passion or feminicide? This Wednesday, a woman was discovered dead by firearm in Neuvy. His companion, also dead, was found in possession of a gun after leaving a message implicating the women, said the prosecutor of Châlons-en-Champagne. “The prosecution has opened a criminal investigation for aggravated murder, by the victim’s spouse or partner,” prosecutor Ombeline Mahuzier said in a statement.
122 women were victims of feminicides in 2021
The woman, aged 60, and her husband, aged around 70, were discovered by the gendarmes in two different rooms of their residence. Their deaths “would have taken place between November 1 in the afternoon and November 2 in the morning”. “The man was in possession of a gun, which was seized, and had left a farewell note addressed to his children, in which he spoke of unfaithful and lying women,” the statement said. “In the state of the elements currently collected, neither was known to the police or the justice system, and no previous violence had been reported,” adds the prosecutor.
She had previously told AFP that the couple was discovered in the mobile home where he lived year-round, in a park in the small village of Neuvy. The investigation was entrusted to the research brigade of the gendarmerie of Epernay. According to the latest figures from the Interior Ministry, 122 women were victims of femicide in 2021, a number up 20% from 2020.