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The investigation opened after the death of a thirty-something, on the night of Thursday to Friday in Aubenas ( Ardèche ), experienced a clear advance on Saturday. Suspected of having fatally stabbed her companion in the chest during the New Year, a wife of 20 years was indeed referred Saturday to the prosecutor’s office in Avignon , at the end of the extension of his police custody.
According to Le Dauphiné Libéré
, she was indicted by an examining magistrate in Avignon for intentional homicide of a spouse. During her custody, the forty-something would have evoked an altercation before the fatal stab, against a background of excessive alcohol consumption. L’Ardéchoise was placed in pre-trial detention, as demanded by the prosecution. 20210103