A 55-year-old woman was found dead Friday in Armillac in Lot-et-Garonne.

Her partner was arrested and taken into police custody.

He will be presented to the prosecutor's office in Agen on Monday "for an opening of information on the count of intentional homicide by spouse", according to a judicial source.

A 55-year-old woman was discovered on Friday killed with a stab in Armillac (Lot-et-Garonne) and her husband, arrested on Saturday and placed in police custody, will be presented to the Agen prosecutor's office on Monday, t - we learned Sunday from a judicial source.

The man admitted the facts in police custody according to the same source. 

Presented Monday at the parquet floor

The man was arrested by the gendarmes in the Basque Country and he admitted during his police custody, "to be the author of the fatal act", it was specified.

The death of the victim dates back to a few days before the discovery of the body.

The accused will be "presented Monday morning to the prosecution for an opening of information on the count of voluntary homicide by spouse", according to the same judicial source.