A woman, probably killed with a knife, was discovered on Wednesday afternoon in an apartment in Gréoux-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) and her suspected murderer, suffering from schizophrenia, arrested, a- we learned from the prosecutor's office in Digne-les-Bains.
An investigation for "intentional homicide" has been opened.
A woman, probably killed with a knife, was discovered on Wednesday afternoon in an apartment in Gréoux-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) and her suspected murderer, suffering from schizophrenia, arrested, a- we learned from the prosecutor's office in Digne-les-Bains.
The victim is 26 years old and of Hungarian nationality.
A suspect, who could be his companion, was arrested and then hospitalized automatically, said the same source.
Hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital
According to the first elements of the investigation, the alert was given around 1:30 p.m. by "a father who warned the gendarmerie that his 31-year-old son, suffering from schizophrenia, was walking in the streets of Gréoux-les- Bains taking delusional comments, "detailed the Digne-les-Bains prosecutor's office.
The father then went to his son's apartment where he discovered the young woman's body.
"A bloody knife was found in the apartment," said the same source.
"The custody of the suspect was lifted because it was not compatible with regard to his condition which required his hospitalization without consent in a psychiatric department," said the prosecution.
An investigation for "intentional homicide" was opened and entrusted to the research brigade of the gendarmerie of Forcalquier.