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Orthez Man Indicted for Murder After Partner Found Dead

An information judiciaire has been opened with autopsy and toxicology tests scheduled to establish whether her mid-July death constitutes a feminicide.

Des policiers montent la garde dans le quartier populaire de Pissevin à Nîmes ,après la mort d’un enfant de 10 ans lors d’une fusillade, le 22 août 2023. (Image d’illustration)
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Le mis en examen, un retraité âgé de 66 ans, habite dans la même commune que la victime, un père de famille âgé de 42 ans.
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Overview

  • A 37-year-old woman was discovered unresponsive by emergency services in her Orthez apartment at around 1:30 AM on July 14, prompting her 39-year-old partner’s arrest.
  • Initially heard as a witness, her companion admitted to slapping her earlier in the day and was placed in garde à vue before being indicted on July 15 for meurtre par conjoint.
  • The suspect, previously given a two-year probationary suspended sentence with a restraining order in March 2023 for domestic violence against the same partner, is now jailed pending trial.
  • Early police findings noted only minor lesions inconsistent with severe third-party violence and no signs of a violent struggle at the scene.
  • A forensic autopsy at Toulouse’s medical-legal institute and complementary toxicology analyses are scheduled to clarify the cause of death.