The body of a partner of a man who had died was found in Ardèche. The 32-year-old man jumped into the night of the Annonay viaduct. The gendarmes then discovered the lifeless body of the 23-year-old young woman, as well as a 10-year-old child, the son of the 30-something, "shocked" in his room. 

The companion of a man who died by jumping from the Annonay viaduct (Ardèche) at night was found dead at the family home, the gendarmes told AFP on Wednesday. After the "proven suicide" of the 32-year-old man, the gendarmes went to his home in Serrières, where they found the lifeless and bloodied body of his 23-year-old partner in the bathroom. "something on the head to hide his face".

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10-year-old child found in his room

They also found the man's 10-year-old child "shocked" in his room. "He heard an argument," they said. The firefighters told AFP that they intervened around 4:30 a.m. to transfer the child to the Annonay hospital center. The prosecution and the medical examiner are on site.

 AFP has identified 32 suspected feminicides since the start of the year. In 2019 according to an AFP count, at least 126 women were killed by their partner or ex, i.e. a woman every three days on average.