Macabre discovery this Monday in Toulouse. The bodies of a woman and her ex-boyfriend were discovered in an apartment. An investigation into the murder of a spouse was immediately opened.
“Violent death”
The young woman, aged 23, and her ex-partner, aged 31, both died of a “violent death” and their bodies were discovered in the latter’s apartment early in the afternoon. noon, said the deputy prosecutor, Frédéric Cousin.
The investigation was opened for murder of a spouse because “the marital bond is established”, but “gray areas”, which the autopsy will have to resolve, do not currently allow this tragedy to be qualified with certainty as a femicide, also explained the prosecutor. However, at this stage this is the hypothesis favored by investigators, according to a police source.
Separated for several months
Neither of the two deceased people, separated for several months, was known to the courts, said the prosecutor.
In 2023, 96 women were victims of marital femicide in France, according to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior published on November 25, the international day against violence against women.
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