The children were between nine months and ten years old. The prisoner faces a possible life sentence
A 33 year old man He was arrested this Tuesday morning as allegedly responsible for the murder of his wife and four children in a house in Meaux, on the outskirts of Paris, in an event that shocked France.
The bodies were found on Monday night and the first indications suggest a violent death due to stab wounds. The children were between nine months and ten years old.according to a note from the Prosecutor’s Office.
«The apartment did not appear to have been broken into and the father of the family was absent», this led the authorities to launch a search which ended a few hours later in the city of Sevran with the arrest of the only suspect, with a history of sexist violenceaccording to sources cited by Franceinfo.
The authorities have opened a formal investigation for «premeditated voluntary homicide» and the suspect remains in custody, after an initial assessment concluded he is mentally fit to undergo the procedures, the network reports. BFMTV.
The inmate is faced with possible life sentence, as announced in a press conference by prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier. The man will have to answer for the crimes of voluntary homicide of a minor under fifteen years of age and voluntary homicide of his spouse.
He has not yet testified, but has stated before the authorities know «why he was in police custody» and be aware that he «attacked his family». Furthermore, you referred to your «personal distress» and «depression», of which the Prosecutor’s Office has been aware since 2017.
Among the victims, the 35-year-old woman and the girls, one aged 10 and the other 7 years old, received «many stab wounds» and had signs of defense while the boys, aged 4 years and 9 months, were apparently suffocated. declared the Public Prosecutor.
The autopsies, which will be carried out on Wednesday at the Paris Forensic Institute, will clarify the causes.
The alleged perpetrator, a qualified firefighter, got married two months ago to his partner of 14 years and whom he had known since high school.
Third infanticide recently
Recently, There have been two triple infanticides perpetrated by parentsboth on the outskirts of the French capital.
In late November, a 41-year-old man, already convicted of domestic violence, went to a police station to confess to the murder of his three daughters, aged between four and 11, in Alfortville. A month earlier, a gendarme had killed his three daughters and then committed suicide in his home in Vmars.
In France it is an average of one femicide perpetrated every three days. Last year, 118 women were killed by their spouse or ex-partner. These dramas usually occur in the context of a breakup.
Total, 244,300 victims of gender violenceoverwhelmingly women, were registered by security forces, a figure up 15% compared to 2021.
Women’s rights groups interpret this increase as a sign that their voices are being taken into greater consideration.
