the former companion of the slain woman has been arrested

The former companion of the woman found dead with her two children Thursday morning in their pavilion in Dreux (Eure-et-Loir) was arrested and placed in police custody on Saturday May 27, franceinfo learned from a source close to the investigation. .

The man was arrested in Plaisir (Yvelines), after withdrawing money from an ATM and after going to a telephone store. It was the manager of the latter who informed the police. The suspect had already visited this shop two days ago, and was then spotted by the police. They had asked the manager to let them know if he was coming back, which she did. He was placed in police custody at the Orleans judicial police to be heard “on the facts of aggravated voluntary homicides”said the prosecutor of the Republic of Chartres Frédéric Chevallier in a press release.

A mother and her two children, aged 13 and 18 months, were discovered dead Thursday morning in their pavilion in Dreux, while her former spouse was wanted to be heard by investigators.

The man already convicted of violence

The 46-year-old man was already convicted two years ago for violence against his ex-partner and his daughter. After a year in prison, he had, since his release from detention, been prohibited from contacting his ex-spouse. But since the beginning of May, this mother has filed a complaint twice against him: once on May 9, suspecting her ex-companion of having placed a GPS tracker under his vehicle. A tracer found by the police, whose investigation was ongoing. The second complaint dates from Wednesday, May 24. This woman suspected her ex-husband of having stolen jewelry from her home.