could the assassination have been prevented?

Friday May 3, the body of a 34-year-old woman was found in a hotel room in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). “The findings reveal a scene of savagery of a woman who is lying, naked and on her stomach, on the bed, her hands and feet tied”, declared Jérôme Bourrier, public prosecutor of Bayonne. A sexual game, according to the statements of the victim’s companion, then an attack of madness, he said.

A defenestration two weeks before the tragedy

Two weeks before the tragedy, the suspect had already been placed in police custody following the defenestration of his partner, who fell from the fifth floor of the hotel. He explained to investigators that it was an accident. Last January, the young woman also presented herself at the police station with a head wound. A suicide attempt, she said at the time. The alleged murderer, aged 37, is known to the courts. His record includes 19 mentions for theft, extortion, drug trafficking and violence.