Overview
- The body was discovered in the night from Wednesday to Thursday in Cornillon (Gard) with recent stab wounds, according to the Nîmes prosecutor.
- Gendarmes quickly arrested the 26-year-old companion, whose psychiatric condition prompted immediate placement in a specialized unit before custody.
- An investigation in flagrante delicto for aggravated intentional homicide has been launched and assigned to the Bagnols-sur-Cèze research brigade.
- Some media, citing M6, report the suspect admitted to killing the woman and directed authorities to the vehicle, a point not detailed in the prosecutor’s statement.
- Coverage situates the case within France’s rise in intimate-partner killings, with reports citing 135 women killed by partners or ex-partners in 2024.