Overview

• Karen Carter, 65, was fatally stabbed outside her holiday rental in Trémolat, France, on April 29, with eight severe wounds to her chest, groin, arm, and leg.
• Investigators are focusing on potential grudges against Carter or her lover, Jean-François Guerrier, who discovered her body and was briefly detained before being released without charge.
• A 69-year-old neighbor, Marie Laure Autefort, was also arrested and released, with no charges filed against anyone to date.
• Carter’s husband, Alan Carter, flew in from South Africa on May 7 to visit the crime scene, expressing grief and shock over her death and her alleged affair.
• The murder has shaken the small village of Trémolat, which has not seen a violent crime in decades, as police search for the weapon and pursue leads in the unresolved case.