Patricia G. was 51 years old when she died, smashed at her home, in Val-en-Vignes (Deux-Sèvres) on June 11, 2022. A month earlier, on May 8, she had filed a complaint against her ex-spouse and reported psychological, physical and sexual violence from the man from whom she had been separated for three years. But his complaint was dismissed. Three years after this supposed feminicide, this Monday, January 20, Yunus C., 58, was tried at the Niort assizes for the murder of his ex-partner. In this case, police procedures and the tools available to law enforcement will also be questioned. How is it that this woman, despite all the warning signs, could not be protected?
On June 11, 2022, relatives of Patricia G., a caregiver, mother of four adult children, found her naked in her room, in the middle of a pool of blood. Suspicions quickly turned towards the victim’s ex-companion, Yunus C. The man born in Turkey denies outright, explains that he was not at the scene, that he was kidnapped before -eve and was taken by force to Spain. But his version is contradicted thanks to remote surveillance images of highways. Furthermore, the person concerned discredits himself: his words are difficult to follow, his versions change when he feels trapped.
The investigation continues to focus on Yunus C. The autopsy shows that the death of Patricia G. “was caused by the intervention of a third party” and do
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