Placed in police custody at the gendarmerie in La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée), her husband confessed to having killed his wife, who had not given any sign of life since March 27.
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The body of Karine Esquivillon, mother missing in Vendée since the end of March, has been found, learned franceinfo from a source close to the investigation this Friday.
Her husband, Michel Pialle, placed in police custody on Wednesday, confessed to having killed his wife. On his instructions, the gendarmes found the body of Karine around 4 a.m. this Friday. This 54-year-old mother of five, who lived in Maché, had not given any sign of life since March 27. Michel Pialle affirms that the death of his wife is an accident, that a blow left while he was cleaning a firearm.
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A judicial investigation against X for kidnapping and forcible confinement had been extended to the facts of murder on Wednesday. Michel Pialle was arrested Wednesday morning at his home, then placed in police custody at the La Roche-sur-Yon gendarmerie. This was extended Thursday. In hearing, the suspect was confronted with “inconsistencies” noted by the investigators, accompanied by the behavioral sciences department of the judicial pole.