The circumstances of the death are still unclear.
A 53-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment on Monday in Quimper, we learned from a police source.
In this case, a man was taken into custody on Wednesday.
It was a friend of the victim who discovered the body of this mother of five children at her home on Monday morning, according to the police.
Injuries were found on his body.
However, the exact circumstances of his death remain to be determined, according to the same source.
The victim had been hosting a homeless man in his forties for some time.
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