An octogenarian was found throat sliced at his home in Vienna, in the Isere, and his alleged murderer arrested quickly, AFP learned Tuesday from police and judicial sources. This macabre discovery was made following a rescue intervention by a neighbor of 72 years, injured for his part with stab wounds in the hand by the same suspect and transported to the hospital in Vienna, without his days are in danger, the police said.
The alleged perpetrator already sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in 2003
In view of the criminal record of the perpetrator, already convicted of murder, the police decided to enter his apartment, located on the upper floor. They then found in a room the body of an 85-year-old woman who was slashed with knives, the police said.
At around 9 pm, the police arrested the 65-year-old man, who was found in possession of the knife, and placed him in custody in the open investigation for "homicide and violence with a weapon against a vulnerable person," the police said. parquet of Vienna. The alleged perpetrator, who shared the home of the deceased victim, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment in 2003 for homicide, the source said.