couple discovered useless, possible femicide adopted by suicide

The drama occurred in Morre, close to Besançon. The alert was given on Tuesday afternoon by the daughter of this couple of three kids who discovered the door of the household residence closed on getting back from faculty, defined Mr. Manteaux on Wednesday throughout a press convention.

Upon getting into the lodging, emergency providers and gendarmes found the couple sitting facet by facet on the couch in the lounge, in entrance of the tv on.

The girl, a 43-year-old childminder, mom of a fourth youngster from a earlier union, had a gunshot wound to the arm and one other, “instantly” deadly, to the temple. Her partner, a 48-year-old building employee, armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, was additionally fatally shot within the head, in response to Mr. Manteaux.

premeditated act

“The sturdy speculation is that it’s a murder” of the partner on his associate adopted by suicide, in response to the prosecutor: after having shot her, in all probability without warning, “the person in all probability returned the weapon in opposition to him”.

He appears to have premeditated his gesture, continued the Justice of the Peace: he left writings, affixed to the fridge, one in all which signifies “I’ll burst his face round 3:00 p.m.”. In response to the health worker, the deaths occurred between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

A break not accepted by the partner appears to be on the origin of the drama: “the identical morning, the woman had delivered to the city corridor the break of Pacs” of the couple, in response to the prosecutor. The latter was preserving a 21-month-old child on the time of the tragedy. The kid, discovered protected and sound in a room by the emergency providers, was not frightened and a priori noticed nothing.

5 feminicides

Within the jurisdiction of the Besançon courtroom, “for about 13 months, there have been 5 homicides within the marital sphere”, regretted the Justice of the Peace. “It’s all the time a priori the announcement of the upcoming break that triggers the act, as if there was a heritage dimension of the companion for sure males who don’t tolerate that they depart them”.

In response to the most recent figures from the Inside Ministry, 122 ladies had been victims of femicide in 2021, a quantity up 20% from 2020.