The investigation for voluntary homicide continues in Trémolat, in Dordogne, after the murder of a resident of 65 years of British nationality, this Tuesday, April 29. The report of forensic doctors is eight stabbing injuries on the victim’s body. A 69 -year -old neighbor from the couple’s entourage, was placed in police custody.
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What happened Tuesday evening in this peaceful little village close to Périgord Noir? As part of the continuation of investigations, a 69 -year -old woman, a resident of a neighboring hamlet in Trémolat and from the entourage of the victim’s couple, Karen Carter, is currently in police custody, said the Bergerac prosecutor’s office in a press release.
According to our information, the sixties in police custody is a retired nursing assistant. According to some testimonies, gendarmes vehicles have been seen around his home. A gesture however deemed “unthinkable” by the neighbors of the victim who also knew the retiree.
Karen C. was stabbed with eight stab wounds as she returned to her home. • © France 3 Aquitaine
Since Tuesday, April 29, investigators have been trying to trace the time of the victim and identify their family and friendly environment. The criminal identification teams were again at the victim’s home this Friday, May 2. The neighbors were each was summoned in turn by the gendarmes.
The friend of the victim who discovered him was placed, initially, in police custody. “However, this measure was quickly lifted in the absence of suspicious elements against himspecifies the Bergerac prosecution. As part of the flagration investigation still underway under the direction of the Detachment of Agen of the Bordeaux Research Section, the investigators carry out a rigorous work of hearings “.
This Tuesday, April 29, the body of the victim was found in a guest house of which she was the owner, located at a place called Les Nardoux, in Trémolat, around 10:20 p.m. called on the scene, the firefighters discovered a 65-year-old woman in cardio-respiratory arrest.
Karen C. was part of the football queens team. • © France 3 Aquitaine
The autopsy took place yesterday afternoon, May 1, at the Bordeaux Medical Institute. The provisional conclusions reported a death by hemorrhage by wound of the aorta in a context of multiple wounds by stabbing weapons, according to the Bergerac prosecution.
Eight injuries were noted by the forensic doctists confirming the violence of the blows and “The will to kill” : Two wounds in the thorax right on the right side touching the aorta and the hemopericarde and the other touching the liver, an abdominal wound crossing the right kidney and up to the lumbar spine, a wound of the right forearm crossing the member from.
Karen C. was stabbed in front of her home, which she had completely renovated to make lodgings. • © C. Rongère / France 3 Aquitaine
The other thigh, shoulder and thumb injuries were superficial. In view of the affected areas, the victim died very quickly due to the massive hemorrhage.
Since the murder of Karen Carter, the inhabitants of the village have been in shock, especially due to the violence of the death. “I’m very afraid, yes. I go home alone. I thought it was not possible in Trémolat, but it can happen everywhere in fact”, told our team of journalists on site. According to some sources, jealousy could be the cause of this drama.
The victim had been installed in this small village of Dordogne for over ten years and was very invested in the life of the town, especially in the local football club.
