2024-01-05 10:31:00
This Wednesday, Mathias D. committed the irreparable. He murdered his wife Stéphanie in front of their three children. After an argument, he stabbed his wife between five and ten times, using a knife before setting fire to their car which was in the garage while his children aged 7, 9 and 11 were still inside. “They practically saw it happening before their eyes,” a source told Nieuwsblad.
Mathias D. is suspected of murder and arson in a building where he knew people were still present. When the emergency services intervened, they first opened the garage door to get the three children from Waregem out. Fortunately, they had managed to escape through the back door and were safe. The emergency services then took Stéphanie outside to resuscitate her but she succumbed to her injuries.
A few hours later, Mathias was arrested and questioned by investigators during the night from Wednesday to Thursday.
”Mathias D. said he never wanted his wife to die. He is really sorry,” his lawyer Vallery Declercq responded to our colleagues at HLN. “This man is truly destroyed. He himself cannot believe what happened. And he is also very concerned regarding his children.”
Subsequently, Mathias’s interrogation revealed the living conditions in which the couple lived. However, the neighbors, questioned by our colleagues, might never have believed this. The couple seemed to be doing very well and living in a beautiful home. “There was no indication that they were in trouble. They got along exceptionally well with each other and with the children. They had everything to be happy and were truly radiant. It’s horrible that things went so badly. Not only for Stéphanie, but also for the children,” reacted a member of the neighborhood.
But the truth was quite different. Mathias and Stéphanie used drugs. A source close to the investigation also described their lifestyle as “debauchery”, further indicates HLN. “I cannot say if my client was under the influence at the time of the incident,” responded the lawyer. Toxicological analyzes will be carried out to answer this question.
Mathias, a self-employed electrician, and Stéphanie, who ran a private wellness center at her home, lived in an open relationship. They allowed themselves to look elsewhere. But the argument this Wednesday followingnoon would be linked to jealousy. A relative of Mathias told Nieuwsblad: “I saw him last week. He behaved very normally. He didn’t seem sad, angry or depressed. I asked him how his relationship with Stéphanie was going. . Because he regularly told me that things were not going well between them. It turned out that these problems were still not resolved”, confides the source who also reveals that Mathias and Stéphanie did not want to divorce vis-à-vis -screw their children. “Mathias D. is a very smart guy, but now he has done something very stupid,” adds this source.
Mathias, detained in Bruges prison, will appear this Tuesday at the courthouse in Kortrijk. The court might extend his detention for another month.
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