couple discovered useless, possible femicide adopted by suicide

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

Upon coming into the lodging, emergency companies 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 baby 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 development employee, armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, was additionally fatally shot within the head, in accordance with Mr. Manteaux.

premeditated act

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

He appears to have premeditated his gesture, continued the Justice of the Peace: he left writings, affixed to the fridge, one in every of which signifies “I’ll burst his face round 3:00 p.m.”. Based on 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 girl had dropped at the city corridor the break of Pacs” of the couple, in accordance with the prosecutor. The latter was maintaining a 21-month-old child on the time of the tragedy. The kid, discovered secure and sound in a room by the emergency companies, was not frightened and a priori noticed nothing.

5 feminicides

Within the jurisdiction of the Besançon court docket, “for about 13 months, there have been 5 homicides within the marital sphere”, regretted the Justice of the Peace. “It’s at all times 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 go away them”.

Based on the most recent figures from the Inside Ministry, 122 girls had been victims of femicide in 2021, a quantity up 20% from 2020.