Identified as that of Aurélie Vaquier, the corpse was discovered Wednesday, "hidden under a concrete slab" thanks in particular to a "search dog" and a "ground penetrating radar allowing the sounding of floors and partitions".
The disappearance was reported by the companion on February 23 to the Bédarieux gendarmerie.
The companion of a woman missing for weeks and found Wednesday under a slab of the marital home in Bédarieux, in the Hérault, was indicted and imprisoned Friday for "aggravated murder" because committed on a spouse, said the prosecutor. from Béziers.
Several characteristic elements
The body found was identified, Wednesday, as being that of Aurélie Vaquier thanks to several elements, in particular "several tattoos including one which bore the name of a former cat" of the young woman, specified Raphaël Balland during a press conference, specifying that genetic analyzes still had to be carried out.
Aged 39, Aurélie's companion, 38, was taken into police custody at the end of the morning on Wednesday.
He still resided at the couple's home.
The disappearance was reported by the companion on February 23 to the Bédarieux gendarmerie, more than three weeks after his companion had, according to him, given sign of life for the last time, on January 28, recalled the prosecutor of the Republic of Béziers.
Investigation opened on February 23
According to her companion, she would have left the marital home without any means of payment or transport, with only her mobile phone and some clothes.
Some relatives then received a strange message evoking the desire to retire to write.
An investigation was opened on February 23 by the Béziers prosecutor's office "for worrying disappearance", then on March 1 a judicial investigation for "kidnapping and kidnapping".
Since Wednesday, the investigating magistrate is also seized of facts of murder.
On the sidelines of the research carried out by the gendarmerie which had notably launched a call for testimonies with the photo of the disappeared with brown hair and thin face, several beatings in the region of Bédarieux and around Lake Salagou and a march had been organized by the family and friendly circle of the young woman.
His relatives, especially his brother, never believed in a voluntary departure.