He had strangled his wife during an argument Sunday evening before taking refuge with his neighbors. A 55-year-old man was indicted on Tuesday evening at the end of his police custody for acts of murder by spouse and was placed in pre-trial detention, said the Pontoise prosecution on Wednesday.
The police services had been alerted around 11 p.m. by the neighbors of the indicted who had arrived at their home in a certain state of panic. He had explained to them that he had argued with his wife and had strangled her. He added that she was ill and that she was perhaps dead…
Informed by the neighbors, the officials of the Sarcelles police station immediately went to the family pavilion and actually found, on the husband’s instructions, on the first floor, the body of the 44-year-old wife, unconscious.
No records or complaints of previous domestic violence
Despite the resuscitation actions carried out by the police, then relayed by the firefighters and then a medical team from Samu 95, the victim never regained consciousness. His death was pronounced around midnight. Two children aged 3 and 6 were sleeping in the next room and apparently heard nothing.
On the evening of the incident, the husband was immediately taken into custody. According to the Pontoise public prosecutor’s office, he refused to explain himself during his hearings. An otherwise unknown man, who had never been talked about in Montmagny.
“From the first elements of the investigation, it appears that no report had reached the police or justice services concerning the situation of this couple”, thus specified the Pontoise prosecutor’s office, indicating that no handrail or complaint relating to previous domestic violence has not been found.
The two minor children were temporarily placed in Child Welfare Services and were taken care of by the pediatric service of the hospital.
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