The companion of the 49-year-old letter carrier found dead Friday in Alièze (Jura) was indicted on Monday for spousal homicide. He had admitted to being the author of the blows at the origin of his death, indicated the public prosecutor of Besançon. The Besançon public prosecutor’s office requested the provisional detention of this 40-year-old former road haulier.
Arrested on Saturday evening after presenting himself to the municipal police station of Carnon, in the Hérault, “he admitted to being at the origin of the blows which led to the death of this woman”, indicated the prosecutor Étienne Coats at a press conference.
According to his explanations, the couple was seated on the evening of August 18, when he allegedly pushed his partner before violently hitting her head on the ground. According to the autopsy, the victim died of “several major skull fractures” after a “agony” phase.
He gave up trying to dismember her
“He remains quite confused about his motivations” but his act could “have a link with the will (of his companion) to separate from him”, explained Étienne Manteaux. The man also told the gendarmes of the Besançon research section, in charge of the investigation, that he had “planned to dismember her, before giving up”.
He had left two messages with the victim before leaving, writing to have “taken the life of (s) a spouse on a moment of anger”. “So I’m leaving, I don’t deserve any sacrifice, except to die a coward, goodbye my Sisi”, signed “Guitou”.
Friday, the firefighters had discovered the body in a state of decomposition of the postwoman, the bare torso, in her barn in Alièze. His boss at La Poste had reported his disappearance. A week earlier, the suspect had sent him three text messages with his partner’s phone to justify her absence from work.
Already convicted of violence against a former companion
Her husband was not at home when firefighters arrived. A national search warrant had been issued against the 40-year-old man. “Impulsive” under the influence of alcohol, the respondent has been convicted four times in the past, including once in 2021 for violently pushing and injuring a former companion, as well as for state driving. drunkenness and damage to property.
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of the Interior, 122 women were victims of femicide in 2021, a number up 20% compared to 2020.
Counting the death of this last victim, the collective “Féminicides by companions or ex”, which lists them for its part, has already counted 75 feminicides for the current year.