Since this Wednesday, April 30, the village of Trémolat has been in mourning. The day before, one of the village figures, Karen C. was stabbed with several knives when she returned to her home. The author still on the run, fear has settled in this peaceful commune, and now rubs shoulders with the pain of its inhabitants.
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The shock wave has devastated this village in Périgord. In this May 1ᵉʳ, in Trémolat, all have only one name in mind: Karen C. This Briton, aged 65 and installed for ten years in this small village of Dordogne, was wildly stabbed on Tuesday, April 29, around 10 p.m. Local figure, member of the “football Queens” club, Karen C. was known to many residents of the sector.
Discreet and smiling. These are the words of all those who knew her. Adjectives at the antipodes of the last hours of the life of Karen C. This Tuesday, April 29, the Briton returns from a wine tasting evening which was standing in Trémolat. She had spent the evening with friends and a man who has been her lover for a few weeks. That evening, she returns to her home about ten minutes before him.
The body of a woman was found inanimate in this house of Trémolat. The privileged criminal track. • © Google Maps screenshot
A period of time that will be fatal to her: she is stabbed, a few meters from the front door of this large stone house which she offered in a guest room. The sixty -something woman receives several stab wounds, in straight breast, on the leg and arm. Injuries, which, according to the Bergerac prosecutor’s office, “demonstrated the will to kill” as well as “Particular violence”.
This morning, at the hamlets of the Nardoux, the stone walls and the spring flowers are now mixed with the rumors. Here, many British nationals have settled down, like Karen. “I arrived in Trémolat 8 years ago. My wife was working with Karen in her lodgesindicates a resident. We took French lessons together every week. It’s terrible. “
Karen C. was stabbed in front of her home, which she had completely renovated to make lodgings. • © C. Rongère / France 3 Aquitaine
He was a very generous and attentive person. I am in shock.
A neighbor of the victim
A few meters from the victim’s home, a neighbor testifies, his throat tied by emotion. “She was a very kind, kind neighbor. She was regularly going to see a very elderly neighbor and brought her flowers, Remember the resident. He was a very generous and attentive person. I am in shock. “
This Tuesday evening, she meets the victim, only a few hours before the drama. “She was walking her young dog and I was going by car, recalls the neighbor. Around 9 p.m., I closed my shutters, everything was calm, there was no one left. Around 11pm, I saw the beacons, but at that time, I believed in a discomfort. “
In this village of 630 inhabitants, almost all knew the British. Sportsman and invested in community life, she was one of the “queens of football”, a team of women over 50, who had toured the press and networks by democratizing practice to seniors. Recently, they went to South Africa, the second place of life of Karen C.
Contacted, his teammates in shock entrust their pain, like this message on a black background, posted on social networks. “We are immensely saddened by the sudden death of Karen, our friend and Queen of football, who leaves a big void in our hearts”write these footballers. Tomorrow, during a match in the Basque Country, his teammates will pay tribute to the sixties and will pay a black armband.
The associative coffee of the town, where they were regularly found, said, for its part, to keep closed doors for two days. “The Café Village will be closed for an indefinite period”, Softly indicates the establishment, after a photo of a heart in the stars.
The Café Village de Trémolat will not open its doors, also bereaved by the death of this football queen • © France 3 Aquitaine
On this unemployed day, the calm streets of Trémolat suggest some bursts of voice. Here, amazement and pain have given birth to another emotion: worry. “I’m very afraid, yes. I go home alone. I thought it was not possible in Trémolat, but it can happen everywhere in fact”, confides a resident.
In the small hamlet of the Nardoux, the concern, more concealed, is also present. “We never expect such a drama in neighborhoods like ours. I am not quiet because we don’t really know who committed this act. I ask myself questions”blows a neighbor.
In the streets of Trémolat, worry and sadness are omnipresent. • © France 3 Aquitaine
Heard by the investigators, the friend present on the scene was left free. According to the first elements, he was at the origin of the appeal to help, when he discovers Karen C. in a pool of blood. Upon arrival of firefighters, the sixties are in cardio-respiratory arrest.
Despite emergency care, she will not survive her injuries. According to his entourage, Karen C. had “No apparent problem”. Married and mother of four great children, she had welcomed her family several times, including her very old parents in this Trémolat house, whom she had completely renovated.
In a press release, the Bergerac prosecutor’s office indicates that to date, no hypothesis is privileged. An investigation for murder was opened and entrusted to the Bergerac brigade and the Agen research section.
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