A gruesome cross-border investigation is unfolding between Switzerland and France.
A 75-year-old man from Sainte-Croix in canton Vaud, reported missing on October 31, may be the victim of a brutal killing.
French police discovered a mutilated body on the banks of the Saône River in Haute-Saône on November 1st, believed to be that of the missing Swiss man.
Two days later, Swiss authorities arrested his 39-year-old French tenant after she allegedly set fire to her apartment. She’s now in pretrial detention for arson and is also suspected of involvement in her landlord’s disappearance.
Investigators found blood traces, lime, and a knife matching a metal fragment found in the victim’s spine.
The woman, who denies the accusations, was thought to be preparing to flee France with thousands of euros in cash.
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