The main suspect, aged 22, in the murder of a sixty-year-old man this Saturday, November 30 in Béziers, was placed in pre-trial detention by the detention and freedom judge. Saturday evening, the victim was killed by a stab wound which severed the carotid artery.
This Monday, December 2, in the afternoon, the young woman (22 years old) implicated in the death of her neighbor (61 years old), killed by a stab in the mouth and who severed the carotid artery, was presented by the prosecution before an investigating magistrate of the Béziers judicial court after 36 hours of police custody. She was indicted for murder. She was then placed in pre-trial detention by the judge of freedoms and detention.
“An accident that occurred during an altercation”
“Both before the investigators at the Béziers police station and before the investigating magistrate, the young woman denied having intentionally caused the death of her next-door neighbor”specified the public prosecutor of Béziers. “Giving successive versions, she confusedly asserted that it was an accident which occurred during an altercation between her and the deceased regarding the behavior he allegedly had towards her daughter. “
According to our information, collected on Sunday from people close to the case, the young woman accused her neighbor of touching the suspect's daughter. “This is information that we are unable to confirm despite what she says. But she gives many versions of the facts and is still under the effect of the sedatives that were given to her in the emergency room.”
“Assaulted by the neighbor”
Custody of the accused “was difficult. She seems not to realize what she is accused of. She is very confused”, entrusted to Free Midday people close to the case. Which is in line with the additional information provided by Raphaël Balland, “According to her, her neighbor then physically attacked her while holding a kitchen knife with which he ultimately got himself involved in the fight. The autopsy carried out in the afternoon (this Monday, December 2) at the Montpellier medico-legal institute revealed a deep stab wound having notably severed the carotid artery, leaving no chance of survival.”
A horror scene in the stairwell
On Sunday, in the stairwell of 8 ter rue Guilhemon, a real scene of horror was witnessed by the residents of this dilapidated three-story building. The walls of the stairwell, up to the second floor, where the tragedy took place, were stained with blood. Just like the steps to go upstairs. To protect the crime scene, since it seems that everything took place on the landing, where the victim and the suspect were neighbors, the tenant of the third floor had to leave the premises. He was rehoused this Monday.
Already convicted of child abduction
“The victim had never been the subject of legal proceedings. Conversely, the young woman had recently been convicted on October 18, 2024 of the charge of child abduction by an ascendant, with a sentence of 15 months in prison. suspended imprisonment, for having fled to Spain between September 2021 and May 2023 with her daughter, when she had been entrusted by a children's judge to the Hérault departmental council.explains prosecutor Raphaël Balland. In the neighborhood, the young woman was known for being very angry and violent. Often under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Several reports had been made to the Béziers police station, in particular by neighbors on the street with whom she had had numerous altercations. This Monday, many people said they were relieved to no longer see her on the street because of her erratic behavior. “She was always after the victim,” explained a neighbor this Sunday. “We don’t know the origin of the conflict, but she was angry with him and was often after him.”
The investigations, which will take several months, are continuing under the authority of the investigating magistrate and will take several months.