He was indicted for spousal murder and remanded in custody on Monday.

A 25-year-old man is suspected of having killed his 23-year-old companion with around thirty stab wounds on Saturday in Charleville-Mézières, in the Ardennes.

Called to the victim's home around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, the police discovered the young woman "bleeding out".

She died in hospital around 9 a.m., Reims prosecutor Matthieu Bourrette recalled during a press conference.

In the presence of the two children

According to the autopsy, the mother of two children born from a previous union died of a "massive blood hemorrhage", suffering from 30 stab wounds, "probably" with "two separate weapons".

“Two knives with bent blades” were found.

On the evening of the events, in the presence of the two children, aged three and four, and two nephews of the victim, the couple had a violent argument.

In police custody, the defendant claimed to have discovered a week before the facts, "that he suffered from a sexually transmitted disease", which he attributed to his partner, which would have caused their last dispute.

According to his statements, the victim was the first to grab a knife.

“Enraged” in his own words, he disarmed her before delivering “three or four blows”.

He said he stopped knocking after seeing one of the children in the half-open door, then briefly fled before going to the police, alerted by the victim's family.

Domestic violence complaint

Originally from Guyana, the victim "knew for a long time" the respondent, Keyshawn H. "They met in mainland France in the spring of 2022, and he had moved in with her in July," said Matthieu Bourrette.

She had filed a complaint in October 2022 for domestic violence that had occurred the day before, evoking another episode dated July.

The defendant then left his home.

But the young woman had not made an appointment with the justice at the end of October and had withdrawn her complaint at the beginning of December, indicating that she had "resumed life together".

Born in Guyana, and holder of a residence permit valid until the end of 2024, the defendant had already been sentenced, in particular in 2018 for complicity in murder, and other acts of violence.

He faces life imprisonment.

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