Those are neighbors who have been alerted by the cries of the victim. A young woman was killed this Saturday in Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes) and her companion placed in police custody as part of an investigation for intentional homicide, we learned from the prosecution, confirming information from the newspaper L ‘Ardennes.
The police were called shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday in the Houillère district of Charleville-Mézières, following calls for help from a young woman, reported the public prosecutor Magali Josse. The police discovered this 23-year-old woman seriously injured in an apartment.
The officials then begin the life-saving actions while waiting for the arrival of the Samu. With “stab wounds”, she died around 9 a.m. A knife was also found near the victim’s body. The author is then on the run.
The victim was a “mother”
A 25-year-old young man with whom she had a romantic relationship, according to prosecutor Josse, was arrested shortly after the discovery of the victim, around 8 a.m., and placed in police custody. He surrendered according to the local daily the Ardennes. “He partly recognizes the course of events,” said the prosecutor.
An investigation was opened for intentional homicide by spouse and entrusted to the Charleville-Mézières police station and the Reims judicial police. An autopsy must quickly be carried out to try to understand the causes of death and the circumstances of this tragedy.
Known to justice, the detainee had been sentenced twice but not for domestic violence, according to information available to magistrate Josse. The couple had no child in common but the victim was for her part “mother”, indicated the magistrate, without further details at this stage.
Saturday evening, the custody of the young man was extended. He faces life imprisonment. The Charleville-Mézières prosecutor’s office must relinquish the investigation in favor of the criminal department of the Reims prosecutor’s office. According to the We All collective, as of December 27, there have been 135 feminicides since the beginning of 2022. In 2021, this figure was 122 dead women, killed by their spouse or ex-spouse. A number already on the rise.