Overview
- Cindy Morvan, 39, a former national track champion and local cycling leader, was killed by gunfire outside her home on October 31.
- The suspected assailant, also 39 and identified as the current partner of Morvan’s ex-companion, died by suicide in her car hours later.
- Prosecutors say a letter found with the suspect contains an admission and apologies, and witnesses reported hearing two gunshots at the scene.
- Authorities report the use of a large-caliber weapon and cite extremely tense relations between the two women as a possible context for the attack.
- The Boulogne-sur-Mer prosecutor has assigned the case to the DCOS of the police judiciaire, with further interviews planned, including the suspect’s companion, as tributes to Morvan pour in from the cycling community and local officials.