Overview
- Neighbors heard screams in the Jonquières district and alerted authorities after the attack in an apartment on Rue Paul Baptistin-Lombard, which occurred on Monday, June 1st.
- Rescuers found the 25-year-old victim in cardio-respiratory arrest and she died despite resuscitation efforts at the scene.
- Police quickly detained the victim’s companion, who is in garde à vue at the Martigues police station while a criminal investigation is under way.
- Police scientific teams completed on-site forensic examinations to secure evidence, and investigators have not publicly confirmed a motive despite neighbors suggesting jealousy.
- Campaign group Nous Toutes reports 61 feminicides in France this year, a statistic cited by media to place the killing in a wider national pattern and to underline local concern for women's safety.