SAVOY. A woman, a police officer, was killed in the middle of the street this Thursday, August 31 in Savoie. The main suspect, on the run, would be the ex-companion of the victim.
A woman was killed on the public highway on the morning of this Thursday, August 31, in Savoie. The facts occurred in a residential area of La Croix-de-la-Rochette, near Chambéry, according to information from France Blue. The victim was the target of blows given with a blunt object according to the first elements of the investigation mentioned by BFM TVthe weapon used could be a baseball bat.
The victim, a woman in her forties, was a police officer in Savoie. She was assigned to the Chambéry police station and was not on duty when she was killed. The investigators favor for the moment the track of a feminicide. The main suspect, who fled by car, could be the ex-companion of the victim, reports France Blue. He is still actively sought at midday.
On site, several dozen gendarmes are on site to try to find the suspect and make the first findings. The gendarmes come from different units: the surveillance and intervention platoon (PSIG) equipped with a helicopter, the research section (SR) and the research brigade (BR) of Chambéry. Gendarmerie criminal identification technicians (TIC) were also deployed, they were still on the scene at midday. The Chambéry prosecutor also went there in the morning.