Overview
- The victim was shot near her home around 7 a.m. as she left for work in what local reports described as an ambush.
- The 34-year-old fled to his residence in Ornans, barricaded himself with a long gun, and surrendered to RAID negotiators with no shots fired.
- An investigation for “assassinat” has been opened by the Besançon prosecutor’s office, and the suspect remains in police custody pending judicial presentation.
- Prosecutor Cédric Logelin said the victim filed complaints in February and October and was issued a “shérif” alert device on October 24 while receiving support from France Victimes.
- Authorities cite the suspect’s prior convictions and a recent psychiatric hospitalization, and forensic work including an autopsy is underway as national Miprof data report a rise in conjugal feminicides.