A 55-year-old man was taken into police custody after the discovery on Saturday morning of the body of his companion, in his house in Cersay, in the north of Deux-Sèvres, we learned from sources close to the investigation. .
The first medical findings on the body of Patricia G., led to the opening by the Poitiers prosecutor's office of an investigation for "homicide", entrusted to the Poitiers research section.
According to the newspaper
Le Courrier de l'Ouest
, the disappearance of this woman, a home help in her fifties, was reported on Saturday morning when members of her family were waiting for her at a ceremony.
The companion denies being the author of this murder
His body was found in a pool of blood with serious head injuries.
An autopsy must be carried out at the beginning of the week at the forensic institute of Poitiers, in particular to determine with what type of weapon she was killed.
The victim's companion, a 55-year-old man of Turkish nationality, absent from their home when the body was discovered, has been interviewed since Saturday by investigators on his possible involvement in the death of his companion.
“My client denies being the author of this murder.
He claims not to have been present at the time of the facts, ”said his lawyer Me Ambroise Garlopeau to an AFP correspondent.
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