A 59-year-old man has been indicted for spousal homicide on a spousal basis and has been imprisoned for the murder of his wife, found Sunday in a Loiret forest, the Orléans prosecutor announced on Saturday, day of protests against violence against women . This man, security officer, father of two children of a previous union, had been placed in custody Thursday in the morning.
"After denying the facts, he recognized them, explaining that on Saturday, November 16, late morning or early afternoon, he had violently argued with his wife about an adulterous relationship that she could have maintained, real or supposed, "told AFP Nicolas Bessone, prosecutor of the Republic of Orleans. "During the argument, he allegedly gave two very violent punches to his face and she fell knocked to the ground" and then "strangled her with a scarf," he explained.
The man tried to make believe in a sexual crime
This man then proceeded "to clean their flag and then loaded the dead body of Mrs. Florence T. in their 4X4 vehicle after having hidden it in a sofa cover" and then deposited it in the forest of Chaingy in late afternoon or in the evening.
Walkers had found the body on Sunday in this forest near Orleans. "To scramble the tracks", the man "took off his stockings of pajamas to make believe a sexual crime," said Nicolas Bessone.
The investigations conducted by the Research Section (SR) and the Orleans Research Brigade (BR) (telephony, video surveillance, auditions) "revealed a number of inconsistencies in its statements, which is why 'man was placed Thursday in custody'.
At least 117 women killed by their spouse or former spouse in 2019
Mrs. Florence T., mother of four children of a previous union, maintenance officer, had not lodged a complaint in the past against her husband.
Since the beginning of 2019, at least 116 women have been killed by their spouses or former spouses, according to a count and a case-by-case study conducted by AFP. With this case, the figure reached 117. Throughout the year 2018, the figure had reached 121 female victims, according to the Ministry of the Interior.