Fifteen days after the discovery of the body of a 28-year-old woman in an apartment in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, the car and the weapon of her police companion were found on Saturday in Amiens. The day before, in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in the south of the city of the Somme, a local resident recognized the car from the call for witnesses broadcast to find the author of the feminicide, according to police sources cited by RTL. The man is still wanted, according to a source close to the investigation. This 29-year-old peacekeeper, known for domestic violence, has been on the run since January 28.
That day, officers conducting a home check discovered a woman’s body in a bathtub. His companion, a police officer from Seine-Saint-Denis, was then absent when he took up duty. On February 10, the Prefecture of Police launched an appeal for witnesses to find the official “in possession of his service weapon”.
known for violence
In the search form distributed by the Prefecture of Police, the identity of Arnaud B. was indicated, as well as his photo. The man appeared with a black beard, shaved hair and was dressed in a black T-shirt. A description of his vehicle was also made: a white Peugeot 208 “in poor general condition”.
A survey for “voluntary homicide on cohabiting partner” was entrusted to the 2nd district of the judicial police (2nd DPJ). On the administrative side, the prefect of police Didier Lallement seized the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) to investigate possible shortcomings concerning the authorization to carry a weapon granted to the police officer, known for domestic violence and his psychological fragility.
The suspect had been taken into police custody in October 2019 for violence against his partner at the time and had received an alternative to prosecution, an awareness course on domestic violence. He had also been sanctioned with a simple administrative warning, the lowest disciplinary sanction in the public service, not recorded in the agent’s file.