The car and the weapon with the ammunition of the policeman suspected of having killed his companion at the end of January in Paris were found on Saturday in Amiens, we learned on Wednesday February 16 from a source close to the investigation. The policeman is still wanted, the same source added. confirming information from RTL.
This 29-year-old peacekeeper, known for acts of domestic violence, has been on the run since January 28, the day of the discovery in an apartment on the 19and rounding up the body of his companion, aged 28 and killed by strangulation, according to the results of the autopsy. His body had been discovered in the bathroom by Parisian police officers who came to the home of the suspect, assigned to the Blanc-Mesnil police station, in Seine-Saint-Denis. The latter’s colleagues had given the alert, worried that they would no longer hear from him after he had announced that he would not be taking up his service the same day.
A judicial inquiry was opened on 1er February of the head of “intentional homicide on spouse, cohabitant or partner”, indicated the parquet floor of Paris. The 2and judicial police district is in charge of the investigation.
On February 10, the Prefecture of Police launched an appeal for witnesses to find the official, “in possession of his service weapon”. The research file included his name, Arnaud B.his photo, where he appears with a black beard, shaved hair and wearing a black T-shirt, and a description of his vehicle, a white Peugeot 208 registered “DQ-759-HN” “in poor general condition”.
It was this car that was recognized on Friday evening by a local resident “in the Burger King car park in Amiens-Sud”, according to a source familiar with the matter. Police then went to the scene to verify the reliability of the testimony. Called in as reinforcements, the research and intervention brigade (BRI) installed a surveillance device in the hope of arresting the suspect. A futile wait, which led the police to search the car on Saturday. “The vehicle, the service weapon and two loaded magazines were found in Amiens on February 11 and 12”, confirmed a judicial source. The hunt for the policeman continues, according to a source close to the investigation.
Possible breaches of the authorization to carry weapons
The man is known for acts of domestic violence. He had been placed in police custody in October 2019 for violence against his partner at the time and had received an alternative to prosecution, an awareness course on domestic violence. Administratively, he had been sanctioned with a simple warning, the lowest disciplinary sanction in the public service, not recorded in the agent’s file.
At the same time, the prefect of police Didier Lallement seized the general inspectorate of the national police (IGPN) to investigate possible shortcomings concerning the authorization to carry a weapon granted to the police officer. The investigation aims “service organization” at the Blanc-Mesnil police station, had completed a source close to the file. According to Franceinfo, the police officer was prohibited from keeping his weapon outside his workplace, information that the Prefecture of Police did not want to confirm to Agence France-Presse.