The Grenoble courthouse, in Isère - E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

During their police custody, the two suspects quickly confessed. Sunday, a 32-year-old woman and her 27-year-old companion were indicted and imprisoned, the first for "complicity", the second for "assassination", after the death of a man, found Friday dead in a nearby pond of the Blackberry in Isère.

The victim is a 49-year-old man who has allegedly "harassed his former partner and the latter's new companion" in recent times, said the day of the macabre discovery, the public prosecutor of Grenoble. He was formally identified by his vehicle, which was parked near the pond.

Suspects Quickly Arrested

It was a witness who warned the gendarmerie brigade of La Mure, Friday morning, that a body was floating on the surface at the edge of the Crey pond, a small artificial body of water prized by walkers and fishermen.

At the end of the day Friday, his ex-partner and her new companion had been arrested and placed in police custody. As of Saturday morning, the man confessed, according to the prosecution,

During his interrogation, he "admitted to being the murderer" of the victim, a man "with whom they had made an appointment at the edge of the pond to explain," said the public prosecutor in Grenoble, Éric Vaillant. The woman also acknowledged her participation in the events.

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  • Lyon
  • Gendarmerie
  • Murder
  • Justice
  • Grenoble
  • Investigation