A 39-year-old man was taken to the criminal center of Grenoble and charged with the deliberate murder of his partner whose charred body was found in a car in Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil in Isère.
After being taken to the Grenoble criminal center, a man was charged and placed in pre-trial detention for the intentional murder of his partner on Sunday, November 23, we learned from the Grenoble public prosecutor during a press conference. He is suspected of killing his colleague whose charred body was found in a car in Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil in Isère a few days ago.
Within 72 hours, the investigation into the young woman’s death took a very different turn. Just two days after the discovery of her charred body, a man was arrested at dawn by police from the Bourgoin-Jallieu research section and subsequently taken into police custody.
Based on initial information revealed by our colleagues from Dauphiné Libéré which was later confirmed this Sunday by the Grenoble Public Prosecutor who is leading the investigation, the suspect is none other than the victim’s colleague. Aged 39 years, Berjallien was in a relationship with this young woman. “They are not in a live-in relationship, but have been dating for several months“, explains Etienne Manteaux.
During the investigation, the noose around him gradually tightened. Various interrogations carried out on the victim’s relatives revealed this romantic relationship. “The afternoon and evening she disappeared, she was with this manthe victim’s friend told investigators.
The man, an employee of a crematorium located in the Rhône and a security guard on weekends, was heard from for the first time on the day the body was discovered,”as a witness“. During his trial, he specifically mentioned the exchange of messages with his partner at night.
However, the investigation carried out by the Bourgoin-Jallieu army made it possible to determine the presence of a thirty-year-old man near the vehicle that was found burned. “Telephone element” as well as “body odor” was recorded on the night of November 18 to 19.
The man was finally arrested in the early hours of Friday, November 21 and then detained by the police. During this time, his speech will change. And he admitted to being the cause of her death. After the first interview in the afternoon, he decided to return to see his partner at the end of the day.make a surprise“, reported the Grenoble public prosecutor.
But when he arrived, the young woman would not be happy to see him arrive at his house and would ask him to turn around.”push“. He told investigators that he had struggled, causing his partner to fall, whose head hit the ground hard, causing her death.
He explained that “very significant bloodshed” prompting him to carry out all the strategies to prevent the origin of this shock from appearing. After cleaning up the blood in the room, he will take control of his partner’s phone and send several messages to deceive the young woman’s loved ones.
Then, Berjalien then put the body in his car and drove to Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil. According to him, he then walked to the victim’s house to take the teenage girl’s vehicle several hours later to move her body there and burn it.
In his press conference, Grenoble’s public prosecutor stressed that there were still question marks. From the examination carried out, no amount of blood was found in the suspect’s house and vehicle, even though the cleaning was carried out by the “defendant”.
“The version given regarding the circumstances of death is still very hypothetical. There’s no way that could be true.” confirmed Étienne Manteaux who spoke about confession “at least partlyTherefore, the Public Prosecutor requested that he be charged with premeditated murder while waiting for an explanation of the suspect’s motivation.
Grenoble’s public prosecutor announced the indictment of a 39-year-old man for the intentional murder of his partner.
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Therefore, the prosecutor prefers the path “even in loveBased on various testimonies collected, the victim told several friends that he did not want to.extending this relationship over time“and want”stay free“.
The 39 year old man is known to the police. His record has nine previous citations but most were for traffic violations. In August 2019, he was fined 600 euros for violence committed in the course of his duties as a nightclub security guard.
His name has been circulating in the media and social networks for several days. And this Sunday, Etienne Manteaux confirmed the identity of the victim. This is Zaïa Binet, a 27 year old young woman living on Isle-d’Abeau.
Since 2020, she has worked as a caregiver at the Jeanne de Chantal nursing home in Crémieu. Although he had to attend a planned hearing as part of an inspection of his residence, his absence had alarmed and worried his colleagues. Colleagues were shocked by this tragedy. In its press release, Ehpad management regretted “quite a big void” which he will leave behind.
A caretaker is highly appreciated by residents but also by his management who emphasizes “commitment, humanity and quality of support.”
