During the night from Sunday to Monday, Patrice Charlemagne was stabbed at his home in Dunkirk. His partner had called the police while ensuring that it was a burglary that went wrong. The latter would have managed to escape with their twenty month old baby.
On their arrival, emergency services and police discovered the 51-year-old teacher seriously injured with a stab wound to the carotid artery and was quickly pronounced dead. According to the autopsy, he received a dozen stab wounds. Very quickly, Justine Jotham was placed in police custody in view of the numerous inconsistencies. Indeed, the cut on his left hand matched a glove found at the crime scene
and aroused doubt. During this, the 37-year-old mother confessed.
Indeed, an investigation into intentional homicide was opened by the Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office and Justine Jotham’s custody was extended.
Who is Justine Jotham?
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Justine Jotham is a well-known personality in her region. Doctor in literature and lecturer at the University of Littoral-Côte d’Opale (ULCO), Patrice Charlemagne’s partner notably gives lessons to DUT students in the same establishment as her late husband who was a German professor and Dutch.
Besides that, Justine Jotham is also a novelist and published several children’s books between 2013 and 2020 such as Lewis, mixed-race chameleon And Who wants Otto Dafé’s skin ? Invested in the cultural and political life of her territory, the 37-year-old woman is president of the Litteorales association and participates in the organization of the La Mouette qui lit festival, highlighting children’s literature.
For the moment, the exact circumstances of the murder have not yet been communicated but discussions discovered on the couple’s smartphones reveal tensions between them.
J.G.