The fifty-year-old, arrested and placed in police custody on Tuesday, after her companion was discovered dead at their home, in Boulou (Pyrénées-Orientales), was indicted for murder on a spouse, learned

20 minutes

from the prosecution from Perpignan.

She was remanded in custody.

The man died after being stabbed several times.

According to the first elements resulting from the investigations, a quarrel would have taken place.

"The context of alcoholism is present", specifies Jean-David Cavaillé, the prosecutor of Perpignan.

At around 9 p.m. Tuesday, the 59-year-old suspect allegedly called a neighbor, who discovered the lifeless body of the man, before notifying the gendarmes.

According to the information obtained from the Perpignan prosecutor's office, he was convicted of violence in 2009 on this woman.

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  • Investigation

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  • Perpignan

  • Languedoc-Roussillon

  • Murder