Overview

• Investigators took DNA swabs from about 15 people connected to Carter’s April 29 movements, including wine-tasting guests and the Trémolat mayor.
• Authorities hope to compare these profiles with biological traces found inside the victim’s vehicle to eliminate suspects.
• No new arrests have followed the early releases of Jean-François Guerrier and Marie-Laure Autefort, with prosecutors keeping all motives under consideration.
• Carter, a 65-year-old dual British-South African gîte operator, was in the process of divorcing her husband when she was fatally stabbed outside her home.
• A sustained gendarme presence in the Dordogne village reflects local unease as the unsolved case enters its third month.