In October 2017, Jonathann Daval reported the disappearance of his wife Alexia, found dead shortly after. At first weeping, he finally confessed to having killed her. Alexia's mother testifies in “Intime Conviction” this Tuesday evening on RTL tvi.
In the show “Intime Conviction”, Alexia Daval's mother offers a previously unpublished testimony in which she discusses the murder of her daughter by her husband in October 2017.Alexia, I miss her so much”, she said.“She was a young girl full of life, who represented the joy of living which was our happiness. Jonathann, this sweet little boy, that's the look he gives himself, he plays on that“.
She overwhelms her daughter's murderer.”He was capable of anything, of killing, of burning, of lying, of accusing others.” she says. “The fact that he decides to put his wife to death like an animal is put to death, I can't accept it, I can't stand it, I don't want it to happen to other girls. He These feminicides must stop, Alexia, I would like us not to forget that.”
“He was very manipulative”
But then, why did it take so long before Jonathan was cited in this investigation? “That's a good question, there was indeed a lapse of time between Alexia's death and Jonathan's arrest. We will see that there is a whole series of investigative tasks that have been carried out. What is certain is that we can clearly see that he was very manipulative, whether with the family or in the actions he committed immediately after the crime.“, explains judge Denis Goeman who will give his explanations on the investigation throughout the program.
Intimate Conviction: the last secrets of the Daval affair, it's this Tuesday evening, 8:25 p.m., on RTL tvi and RTL play.
Back to the facts
On Saturday October 28, 2017, Jonathann Daval went to the Gray gendarmerie to report the disappearance of his wife, Alexia, who according to him was slow to return from her jogging.
A major mobilization of the police and “citizen raids” are organized to find the young woman of 29 years old, a smiling and popular bank employee.
On October 30, 2017, early in the afternoon, student police discovered the body of Alexia Daval in a wood near Gray, partially burned and hidden under branches. Jonathann Daval then presents himself as a grieving widower.
On Sunday, November 5, a white march brings together between 8,000 and 10,000 people in Gray. Jonathann Daval, in tears and supported by the young woman's parents, speaks: “The strength of our relationship made us surpass ourselves, in our outings and in our life together. I will miss this fullness terribly.” Alexia “was my first supporter, my oxygen…“.
On the morning of January 29, 2018, Jonathann Daval was arrested in the couple's house in Gray-la-Ville. At first he denies it, then ends up admitting to having killed her during an argument.
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