2023-12-26 10:49:48
A father, suspected of having killed a mother and her four children, aged nine months to 10 years, at their home in Meaux in Seine-et-Marne on Monday evening, was arrested Tuesday morning in the neighboring department of Seine. -Saint-Denis, in Sevran, we learned from a police source.
The man was already known for acts of domestic violence and psychiatric disorders, said another police source.
He had already stabbed his wife in the shoulder blade in 2019, said the Meaux public prosecutor.
The procedure was dismissed on the grounds of deficient mental state, Jean-Baptiste Bladier said during his press conference. An expert report attested to the existence of the abolition of discernment in the accused, a 33-year-old man of French nationality, monitored since 2017 for depressive and psychotic disorders.
Children aged 9 months, 4, 7 and 10 years old
The day of Christmas, “around 9:00 p.m., were discovered in an apartment located in Meaux, following the alert had been given by relatives concerned regarding the lack of response from the occupants of the premises, the bodies of five people“, reported the public prosecutor of Meaux, Jean-Baptiste Bladier, in a press release.
It concerns a mother and her children, aged nine months, four years, seven and 10 years old.
“The apartment showed no signs of break-in and the father of the family was absent“, added the prosecutor.
According to a source close to the case, the 35-year-old mother and her children were stabbed to death. According to this source, the father is 33 years old.
The investigation opened for “intentional homicides with premeditation” was entrusted to the regional judicial police directorate of Versailles.
Series of infanticides
Recent news has been marked by two triple infanticides perpetrated by fathers in the Paris region.
At the end of November, a 41-year-old man, already convicted of domestic violence, went to a police station to confess to the murder of his three daughters aged four to 11 in Alfortville (Val-de-Marne). He notably mentioned a conflict context with his ex-partner regarding child custody.
A month earlier, in October, a gendarme had killed his three daughters before killing himself at his home in Vémars in Val-d’Oise. The facts also took place “in a complicated family context” according to the Pontoise public prosecutor’s office.
On average, a feminicide occurs every three days in France: 118 women were killed last year by their spouse or ex-spouse. These tragedies often occur in the context of a breakup.
In total, 244,300 victims of domestic violence, the vast majority women, were identified by the police, an increase of 15% compared to 2021, interpreted by associations as a sign of better consideration. of their word.
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