Cruel act: the decapitated body of a 77-year-old woman was found in Agde in the south of France. Officials found battle marks in the apartment. One suspect was arrested.
Agde – A 77-year-old woman was beheaded in the south of France. Security forces found the woman’s body in her apartment in Agde, as the police told the German press agency.
Her son had alerted the authorities that he could not reach her despite the usual daily contact. The officers found battle marks in the apartment in the coastal town. There were no indications of a break-in, it said. The exact circumstances of the act were initially unclear.
In the evening, the channel France Info reported on the arrest of a suspect. It was a man in his fifties who did minor work for the pensioner. The retired elementary school teacher has lived alone since the death of her husband two years ago, according to the broadcaster. Nothing was known about the details of the crime. According to information from the broadcaster BFMTV, the suspect stole a bank card from the senior citizen and withdrew 1000 euros. dpa
