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A man strangled his ex-partner and threw her body into the Seine in Louveciennes in Yvelines. It was one of his friends, to whom he had confided that he had done “something stupid” who informed the police. The man is in police custody.
A woman was strangled to death by her ex-partner before being thrown into the Seine in Louveciennes (Yvelines) during the night from Saturday to Sunday. The police were alerted by a man who called the emergency line to report that he had been contacted by one of his friends who had told him that he had done something “stupid” by killing his ex-partner. According to the suspect's account, an argument broke out with his ex-partner, he hit her, strangled her and threw her into the Seine.
When the police went to the address indicated, which corresponded to a barge, they came across an intoxicated man in his fifties. He spontaneously admitted to the police that the victim had not fallen into the water by accident, indicates the Versailles prosecutor's office. The man is the tenant of part of the barge.
Two teams of police and fire divers searched the Seine and found the woman's body on the bow of the boat. She was 54 years old. His vehicle was parked in front of the pier.
The man was taken into custody. An investigation into intentional homicide was opened and entrusted to the Yvelines territorial criminal directorate. The victim's body was transported to the Garches forensic institute (Hauts-de-Seine), where an autopsy must be carried out.
On average, a feminicide occurs every three days in France. The Ministry of Justice counted 94 femicides in 2023, compared to 118 in 2022.
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