- A 37-year-old woman was found stabbed at her home near Lyon.
- Investigators suspect the victim's husband, currently at large.
- The man was also to be tried in October for violence against his partner.
Tuesday evening, a woman was fatally stabbed at her home in La Mulatière, a town in the metropolis of Lyon. According to a judicial source, the murder suspect is none other than the victim's former companion, a man who was soon to be tried for violence against the latter.
It was on Tuesday evening that the body of a 37-year-old woman was discovered, explained to 20 Minutes the Lyon prosecutor's office. The first findings allowed investigators to determine that the victim "had died of several stab wounds".
The mis had contact ban with the victim
An investigation for intentional homicide was immediately opened by the prosecution and entrusted to the police of the departmental security of Lyon. The latter quickly oriented their research around the victim's husband. Indeed, on June 25, the suspect was referred to the Lyon public prosecutor's office after his wife had lodged a complaint "for violence resulting in total incapacity for work for less than 8 days committed on June 20 and 21, 2020", said the Lyon prosecutor.
The man had been released under judicial supervision “with a ban on contact with the victim and on appearing at the latter's home. "He was to be tried for these facts on October 26, 2020. According to the prosecution," no incident or breach of the obligations of judicial control had been brought to the attention of the prosecution or the police. "
This Wednesday, the respondent was still at large. He is actively wanted by the police.
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