The brutal crime of the 52-year-old, who killed and dismembered his roommate, "freezes" France. Three days after the headless and dismembered body of the victim was found on the side of a road in southwestern France, the 52-year-old confessed to the crime and was prosecuted for murder.
Montauban's Attorney General Ann Golier announced today, Monday, that from the investigations carried out The suspect, who was living with the victim at a distance of a few hundred meters from the place where the decapitated body was found, was identified and arrested.
The detainee confessed that on Thursday night to Friday that he beat and stabbed his roommate to death and then dismembered his body to hide it. They had previously consumed alcohol and had a heated argument.
The 52-year-old suspect hails from the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean and has previously been convicted by French courts of insulting public opinion and threatening to kill him.
On Friday afternoon, two people walking found the body on the side of the road. The victim's head was found the next day, in a plastic bag, at a distance of about 100 meters.
The 31-year-old victim was also known to police for theft and other offenses.