This 37-year-old man is suspected of having killed his 32-year-old wife, whose body was found in the basement of her house where she had come to look for things after the couple separated.
The companion of the woman found dead at the end of July in Mantes-la-Jolie, in the Yvelines, and indicted for “intentional homicide”, was kept in detention on Friday September 16, indicated the parquet floor of Versailles, requested by the AFP.
He had been indicted for intentional homicide by spouse on September 8 and had appealed against his placement in pre-trial detention. On Friday, the Versailles investigating chamber decided to keep him behind bars.
This 37-year-old man is suspected of having killed his 32-year-old wife, who was found dead in the basement of his house where she had come to look for things. The couple were in the process of separating. The companion, father of his three children, had alerted the police.
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Placed in police custody immediately after, he was initially released after 36 hours because there was no, “as is“Sufficient charges to keep him there, explained the prosecution to AFP in July.
According to a source familiar with the matter, “the autopsy report mentions lesions that could be interpreted as traces of strangulation maneuvers“, which would have motivated the indictment of the father of the family. The latter still denies having killed his partner, told AFP a source familiar with the matter, who believes that “the case is really complex“. The investigation was entrusted to the Departmental Security of Yvelines.