A man killed with a knife in Saint-Vallier, in Drôme, his neighbor in police custody, an investigation into murder opened

According to the gendarmes and the mayor of the town, this woman intervened between her neighbors during a couple's argument, before it escalated.

A 21-year-old man was stabbed to death on Sunday, December 15, in Saint-Vallier (Drôme), France Bleu Drôme Ardèche learned from the Valence prosecutor's office.

The events took place on Sunday morning, around 10 a.m., in an apartment in the Liora district of Saint-Vallier. The victim received one or more stab wounds. His neighbor downstairs is suspected of being the author of the fatal blows. Aged around twenty, she was placed in police custody, specifies the prosecution.

It was against the backdrop of a couple's argument that the events took place, France Bleu Drôme Ardèche learned from corroborating sources. According to the gendarmes and the mayor of the town, this woman intervened between her neighbors during a couple's argument, before it escalated.

The Valencia public prosecutor's office opened an investigation for “assassination”, the suspect having arrived in her neighbors' apartment, armed with a knife. The autopsy will have to determine how many stab wounds were made. It is the Romans-sur-Isère gendarmerie brigade which is responsible for the investigation and which is continuing the hearings. The victim was already known to the courts, specifies the gendarmerie. The partner of the murdered young man was taken care of by an association helping victims of domestic violence.