Overview
- A bus driver found the 68-year-old’s body on a roadside in Saint-Prix and called emergency services, and police noted signs of strangulation.
- Investigators said the body appeared to have been placed at the scene rather than left there after an assault.
- Police arrested her 63-year-old husband at the couple’s home in nearby Taverny later the same day.
- Police sources said he acknowledged the facts during custody as the Pontoise prosecutor had not yet commented.
- Advocacy groups label the case the 36th femicide this year, and official data show partner killings rose 11% in 2024 to 107 deaths.