A man confessed to having killed his ex-partner on the night of Saturday to Sunday, November 3, in Louveciennes, in Yvelines.
He then threw his body into the Seine.
The suspect was taken into custody.
A scene of extreme violence in the middle of the night. In Louveciennes, in Yvelines, a woman was strangled to death by her ex-partner then thrown into the Seine, around 2 a.m. on the night of Saturday to Sunday November 3, TF1/LCI learned.
According to a police source at AFP, a man called 17, explaining that one of his friends told him he had made a “stupidity” by killing his ex-partner. The suspect allegedly hit the woman after an argument, then strangled her and threw her into the Seine.
The suspect already known to the police and the courts
The police then went to the address indicated, a barge, and arrested a 53-year-old man, who was intoxicated. He spontaneously indicated to the police that he had killed the victim, born in 1970, and that it was not an accident, according to the Versailles prosecutor's office.
According to this same source, the accused, already known to the police and justice services, particularly for traffic offenses, was the tenant of part of the barge. His vehicle as well as that of his ex-partner were parked in front of the pier. Two teams of police and fire divers quickly found the woman's body on the bow of the boat.
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The public prosecutor, Maryvonne Caillibotte, indicated that the man had been 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, added the prosecution.
A feminicide occurs on average every three days in France. The Ministry of Justice counted 94 feminicides in 2023.
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