According to the first elements of the investigation, the facts took place during an argument.
A 33-year-old man was indicted on Thursday February 10 for murder.committed by a person under the manifest influence of narcotics“, After the death the day before of a 45-year-old man, we learned from the Tours prosecutor’s office. This offense is provided for by the new law of January 24, 2022 relating to criminal liability and internal security and placed in pre-trial detention in accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution.
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The autopsy revealed the presence of a mid-thoracic wound located in the heart region, compatible with a blow with a knife, said the prosecution in its press release. In accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution, the suspect was placed in pre-trial detention.
A blow with a knife
During the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the police services were called after the discovery of the body of a 45-year-old man in the hall of a building in Tours. The victim, whom the SAMU could not revive, presented a wound in the thorax. Two people, aged 33 and 46 who had witnessed the events, were immediately taken into custody.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the facts took place during an argument, the cause of which was still unknown, against a background of consumption of cocaine and alcohol. “A knife with a blade of 11.5 cm which could have been used during the facts was seized on the spot“, in the apartment where the suspect had withdrawn until the arrival of the police services. The second man, aged 46, who witnessed the facts and then alerted the emergency services, “was released at the end of his police custody pending further investigations“, specifies the parquet floor.