Overview

• A 46-year-old volunteer firefighter from Salbris died Monday morning in a head-on collision between his motorcycle and a truck on the D2020 in Loir-et-Cher.
• Emergency responders later discovered his partner, born in 1995, dead at their home, with Tuesday’s autopsy indicating asphyxia caused by strangulation.
• The Blois prosecutor has opened two separate investigations: involuntary homicide by a driver for the roadway crash and murder of a spouse for the domestic death.
• A substitute prosecutor and a forensic pathologist visited the home to assess the scene, and additional forensic work is continuing.
• The couple’s two-year-old daughter was found at the residence, and child welfare services are arranging family placement.