The victim’s ex-wife and two children were placed in pre-trial detention: they are suspected of murder by investigators.
Is this a family murder? The man found dead in a bag in Mulhouse could have been killed by his two children, according to the latest elements of the investigation. They were in fact arrested and placed in pre-trial detention, as was their mother, the victim’s ex-wife.
Let’s go back to the facts first. The body of the man, aged thirty-eight, was found on December 24, 2024 in a rental box in Mulhouse. He was in an advanced state of decomposition and hidden in a cupboard lying on the ground and filled with earth. The victim had been missing since June 2021, according to Southwestand was identified thanks to her tattoos. The autopsy revealed a wound in the stomach, reports RMC.
A childhood marked by humiliations
The owner of the box where the body was hidden is none other than the victim’s ex-partner, explains the media. Interviewed by the police, she admitted to having hidden the body of her ex-husband. However, she denies having killed him. She was remanded in custody on December 28.
Tuesday January 14, it is the children’s turn to be arrested by the police in Normandy. The twenty-two-year-old daughter and the nineteen-year-old son are already known to the police, indicates the media. They allegedly admitted to having killed their father during their interviews with investigators. For the moment, little is known about what pushed them to take action. During their hearing, the children told investigators that their father was subjected to multiple humiliations during their childhood, which they described as difficult. The newspaper Southwest also mentions sexual assaults and violence committed by the victim on her children when they were still minors.