On Friday, the lifeless body of a 34-year-old woman was found in an apartment in Levallois-Perret. While in police custody, while indicating that he had no precise recollection of the facts, his 47-year-old confessed to having strangled him after an argument in which he accused him of having been unfaithful.

The companion of a 34-year-old woman found dead at her home Friday night in Levallois-Perret, in the Hauts-de-Seine, was indicted and imprisoned Sunday, AFP learned from the prosecutor's office in Nanterre. The 47-year-old has been indicted for spousal murder, the source said. In custody, he confessed to strangling his companion after an argument during which he accused him of having been unfaithful, added the floor. He also explained that he had no precise recollection of the facts.

Traces of strangulation

The lifeless body of this 34 year old woman was found Friday evening in his apartment near the Paris suburbs by firefighters, the neck marked by traces of strangulation. They had been alerted by a relative of the young woman who was worried about not hearing from him. Present at the marital home during the intervention of the firemen, his companion, wounded in the thigh, had been arrested and taken to the hospital. In 2018, 121 women were killed in domestic violence, according to the official count of the Ministry of the Interior.