As revealed by our colleagues from Public Gooda 49-year-old woman was discovered lying in her blood in the bathtub of her home in Ruffey-les-Echirey (Côte-d'Or), about twenty minutes north of Dijon.
This Thursday, the public prosecutor requested the indictment, and provisional detention, of the boyfriend, for murder, and of the daughter-in-law, for complicity, indicated the public prosecutor in Dijon, Olivier Caracotch, as the our colleagues also announced.
A “criminal plan” between the daughter-in-law and her boyfriend
The custody of the minors, which began on Tuesday after their arrest, should end this Thursday and lead to their presentation to a judge with a view to their possible indictment. “Seriously injured in the neck” and with “several injuries to the throat”, the forty-year-old was transported to the hospital in serious condition where she succumbed to her injuries a few hours later in the hospital, the prosecutor said during of a press conference.
His daughter-in-law, who lived with the victim and was present at the time of the tragedy, called emergency services, saying she had “discovered” the body. But the investigation established that her boyfriend was also present during the incident and that he would have carried out the fatal blows. The weapon, a pocket knife, was discovered buried in a wood, on his instructions. The minor “does not dispute” the facts but says he was “in a daze”, adds the prosecutor.
“Difficult cohabitation” at the origin of the facts
The daughter-in-law admitted in police custody “to having discussed the criminal plan with her boyfriend and facilitating his escape”. The latter had been picked up at the scene of the crime by his mother, who had come to pick him up. The latter, also placed in police custody, was finally exonerated.
The origin of the crime remains unknown for the moment, theft or fraudulent interest seeming to be excluded. On the other hand, the “significant disagreement” between the victim and her daughter-in-law, due “probably to difficult cohabitation”, was known, according to Olivier Caracotch.
