what we know about the murder of a young woman and the suspected police officer still wanted

He is still on the run. A police officer, suspected of having killed his companion, is still actively sought, Monday, January 31. This man assigned to the Blanc-Mesnil police station (Seine-Saint-Denis) has been missing since Friday, the day his companion’s body was discovered in an apartment in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Franceinfo summarizes what we know about this new marital feminicide.

Victim found in bathtub

The victim’s lifeless body was discovered on Friday, January 28, in the apartment she shared with her companion, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. The 28-year-old was discovered in the bathtub of this third-floor studio. According to The Parisianshe was a graphic designer and worked in digital marketing and social networks.

The autopsy, performed Saturday afternoon, confirmed the criminal trail. The body of the young woman showed few traces, and no bullet wound, according to a source familiar with the matter at franceinfo. The medical findings made by the medical examiner are “compatible with death of the victim by strangulation”said the Paris prosecutor’s office on Sunday.

No alert or disappearance had been reported by the neighborhood or the entourage of the victim. According to a police source at franceinfo, many empty alcohol bottles were found in the studio, “very messy”score The Parisian.

A police officer already known for domestic violence

The victim’s companion, Arnaud B., did not go to the police station in Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis) where he is assigned on Friday. It was after an alert passed by his colleagues that the police of the 19th arrondissement intervened at his home.

According to information from franceinfo, the policeman’s weapon was not at the police station and was not found in the apartment either. Still wanted since Friday, Arnaud B., bearded and balding, is therefore likely to have taken escape with his service weapon.

The policeman, born in 1992, had already been the subject, in 2019, of an alternative to prosecution for acts of domestic violence committed on his companion at the time. These facts had not occurred in Paris. He had was summoned to attend a course to raise awareness of the dangers of domestic violence.

An investigation for “intentional homicide on a partner”

Shortly after the discovery of the lifeless body of his companion, a security perimeter was installed in the neighborhood to block traffic around the building where Arnaud lives. B. An investigation was opened for “voluntary homicide on a cohabiting partner” and investigators from the second judicial police district arrived on site on Saturday morning.