Overview

• In Mastaing (Nord), a 35-year-old woman died after a stabbing during a discussion with her separated partner preceded a crash into a tree, according to the Valenciennes prosecutor.
• Her 2-year-old passenger was hospitalized with no life-threatening injuries, and an inquiry for voluntary homicide by a partner was opened in Valenciennes.
• The 32-year-old companion was found dead at the family home of an apparent firearm suicide, with officials citing prior convictions and earlier reports and a complaint by the victim; the couple’s three children received medical-psychological support.
• Near Cholet (Maine-et-Loire), a 59-year-old driver told responders he had killed his 57-year-old wife, whose body was later found at the marital home by gendarmes.
• After hospital treatment, he was placed in custody, admitted to the killing and to deliberately causing the crash, and the Angers prosecutor opened an inquiry for homicide conjugal.