The agents had come to look for their colleague, they found a corpse. A police officer absent from his service in Seine-Saint-Denis is still actively sought this Sunday morning after a woman was discovered dead in a bathtub in an apartment in Paris on Friday evening, we learned from a police source. .
“Following the report of a police officer who had not taken up his service at Blanc-Mesnil [Seine-Saint-Denis], the police went to an apartment in the 19th arrondissement”, in the northeast of the capital, said this source. “On the spot, they discovered the body of a woman whose circumstances of death are unknown at this stage. The policeman is wanted”, we added. According to a source close to the investigation, the body showed few traces and no bullet wounds.
“He had contacted his service to say that he would not come. But then he didn’t answer the calls anymore.”, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The victim’s companion
The wanted man had been the subject in 2019 of an alternative to prosecution for domestic violence against another person, confirmed a judicial source. He “had been the subject of a summons for an awareness course on domestic violence”, according to a second police source.
The autopsy carried out on Saturday confirmed the criminal trail, with death by strangulation, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Sunday. An investigation has been opened for “voluntary homicide on cohabiting partner”, according to a judicial source. She was handed over to the second judicial police district.
According to the Parisian, the police officer sought would be the companion of the victim. He is now considered, until proven otherwise, to be on the run. He would travel on board a white Peugeot 208, and would probably be equipped with his service weapon.
Update : This article was updated on January 30 at 11:45 a.m. with details from the Paris prosecutor’s office.