The mystery of the woman whose body was found in a travel bag in the forest near Blois on Friday is probably about to be solved. A 35-year-old man, his neighbor, was in fact indicted and placed in pre-trial detention for murder, reports the daily The Parisian.
If “the first investigations carried out at his home made it possible to note the absence of disorder, explains the prosecution, the presence of small traces of blood splashes, in particular on the wall behind the living room sofa”, attracted the attention of the investigators .
“Large pools of blood had been cleaned up”
It was by questioning the victim's cleaning lady, aged 81, that investigators learned of the existence of a dispute over water damage between her and her upstairs neighbor. The police then went to this neighbor's house, who did not respond. A search was then carried out at the neighbor's home, “actively sought” and whose accommodation was placed under seal, the prosecution further indicates. At the same time, investigations at the victim's home revealed “that large pools of blood had been cleaned from the floor of the apartment” and had also revealed traces of blood on the staircase between this accommodation and that of his neighbor.
The suspect showed up at the police station Friday morning, wondering about the seals blocking his door. He was immediately taken into police custody but persisted in denying any involvement in the murder of the octogenarian, claiming to have found her dead and to have cleaned the scene before transporting the body in a bag “for fear of reprisals from the murderer , of which he knew nothing. Without a criminal record, the suspect is, according to a member of his family, “out of psychiatric care”, which must still be verified as part of the investigation, said the prosecution.
As a reminder, while his disappearance had been reported by his worried son-in-law on Tuesday, a walker had contacted the police on Friday afternoon, indicating that his dog had discovered a travel bag on wheels hidden at the edge of a path, located at three kilometers from the victim's home. In the bag, investigators discovered the victim's body “folded in on itself”, his face wrapped in a towel “disfigured by significant traces of violence”, also with wounds on his neck.
