The companion of a woman whose body was found charred in a car on Wednesday in Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil (Isère), was charged “spousal murder” and placed in pre-trial detention, said Grenoble public prosecutor, Etienne Manteau, x Sunday 23 November.
Defendant “agree to minimum recognition” in fact, the prosecutor explained during a press conference. The man, aged 39, explained that he had violently pushed the 27-year-old young woman, a nursing assistant at EHPAD during an argument, which would have injured her head, without intending to kill her, according to Ici Isère. He also added that he wanted to come to his partner’s house the night before the disappearance. “to surprise him”but he asks her to leave, which causes an argument.
After this fall, when the man explains the young woman’s death, he “implementing all strategies so as not to be seen as the cause of this woman’s death”specifically sending messages from the victim’s cell phone to his friends, the prosecutor continued.
The man explained that he was then “clean up the blood and take off clothes” victim, then the body was placed on the passenger side of the vehicle before being burned, “to give the impression that he had committed suicide and erase his traces”said the prosecutor.
The young woman and the defendant were talking “the relationship continued for several months”each has “own house”he added. Based on what the victim’s relatives heard, he had expressed his wishes “not committed to a lasting relationship”.
A collection of clues overwhelms the suspect
A body scan proved it was a skull “partially fragmented”directed prosecutors to reclassify the investigation, which was initially open “research into causes of death”in the “intentional murder”. An autopsy determined that the victim did not inhale smoke, and therefore “died before the vehicle was set on fire, which confirms the involvement of a third party”.
“Romantic revenge is currently the main way that can explain part of the action” this guy was already cursed “especially fines”for traffic violations and violence committed in the context of his work as a security guard at a nightclub, concluded Mr. Manteaux.
Every day in France, more than three women become victims of femicide or attempted femicide within marriage, and this figure is increasing in one year, according to 2024 data from the inter-ministerial mission for the protection of women (Miprof) published on Thursday, a few days before November 25, the International Day to Combat Violence Against Women.
