A woman found dead under a car in which her husband was

A driver and her passenger are in police custody as part of a voluntary homicide investigation after the latter’s wife was found dead, struck by their car near Cambrai (North), the prosecution said on Friday. The 50-year-old victim went to Saint-Vaast-en-Cambrésis (North) where the driver lived, whom she suspected of being the mistress of her husband, said the prosecution, confirming information from the daily La Voix du Nord .

Thursday around 5 a.m., the vehicle “Rolled up on the victim, who quickly died from his injuries”told AFP the public prosecutor of Cambrai Ingrid Görgen. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday, May 2 in the afternoon.

Man was in the process of separation from the victim

The driver, aged 56, and the victim of the victim, aged 50, who were on the spot, were arrested and placed in police custody, she for voluntary homicide and him for complicity. The man was in the process of separation from the victim, and the couple had children, according to the Cambrai prosecutor’s office.

An investigation for “Voluntary homicide” was opened Thursday morning and entrusted to the Cambrai research brigade in order to “Determine the exact circumstances of these facts as well as their voluntary or accidental nature”said the prosecutor.