A 16-year-old teenager confessed to stabbing his 39-year-old mother-in-law, found dead at her home in Millau, Aveyron, the Rodez prosecutor's office announced, which on Thursday relinquished the case for the benefit of the Montpellier prosecutor's office.
In his first explanations, the teenager reported a situation of bullying and regular remonstrance. "
In Millau, in Aveyron, the bloody body of a 39-year-old woman was discovered Tuesday by the police, alerted by a neighbor saying they heard screams and a thud, said the prosecutor, Olivier Naboulet.
This woman was the mother-in-law of a teenager, who confessed to having stabbed several times.
The victim's husband was outside the apartment, which was closed from the inside.
The teenager was him inside, "curled up on a bed", according to the press release.
The qualification of "murder" retained by the prosecution
A sharp kitchen knife was found on a piece of furniture in the room where he was.
The two men were taken into custody on Tuesday.
The young man "admitted to being the author of stab wounds, without being precise about it. In his first explanations, he mentioned a situation of bullying and regular reprimands", specifies the prosecutor.
The mother of the teenager, apparently living abroad, has not yet been contacted, according to the prosecution.
The victim and his two relatives arrested are of foreign nationality, European nationals.
The Rodez public prosecutor's office withdrew from the case in favor of that of Montpellier, criminal pole, "given the qualification of 'murder' currently retained".