Overview

• Firefighters were called around 8:30 p.m. Saturday to an apartment in Grenoble’s Chorier-Berriat district, where the victim was found gravely wounded and later died.
• A bloodied steak knife was recovered from the kitchen worktop, according to the Grenoble prosecutor’s office.
• The suspect, a neighbor aged 20, was arrested at the scene and placed in police custody but had not yet been questioned as of Sunday.
• Investigators are examining a dispute between two families in the same building as a likely line of inquiry, with key witness statements still outstanding.
• Prosecutors noted both women had prior contacts with the justice system, including a 2020 suspended sentence for the victim and a 2021 legal warning for the suspect.