An investigation for assassination was entrusted to the departmental security of Bouches-du-Rhône after the death of a 57-year-old woman in Salon-de-Provence, learned 20 Minutes this Tuesday from the Aix-en- Provence. On Sunday, firefighters, alerted by the children of Armanda Mendes, discovered his body cut into pieces in his apartment. Her eldest son, 36, who lived with her, reportedly said, "I killed Mom. "
In police custody, "the defendant remained silent," said in a statement the prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence Achille Kiriakides. He was automatically admitted to a psychiatric facility. He had "already spent psychiatric stays", specifies the prosecutor, who adds that this man had "already been condemned for drug use and for malicious telephone calls. "
He allegedly "ate part of his mother's body"
The autopsy did not determine the exact circumstances of Armanda Mendes's death. New exams will take place. Expertises will also be carried out to determine whether or not the alleged perpetrator was criminally responsible for his actions.
According to La Provence , this man would have confessed to the investigators to have "eaten part of the body" of his mother. The prosecutor did not confirm this information.
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