The body of a woman, whose face was swollen and bloodied, was discovered Saturday morning in the lobby of her building in Paris, AFP learned Sunday from police sources and close to the case. It was her spouse, 30, who called for help in the morning after finding the lifeless body of his companion, aged 29, according to the source close to the case.



According to his first statements, the latter, with whom he had just pacser, had gone out Friday night and was to return in the night, according to the police source. Upon waking, noting his absence, he said he left the apartment, located in the 20th arrondissement, to go in search of him before making the macabre discovery, the same source continued.

An open investigation

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after help arrived. A murder investigation has been opened and entrusted to the criminal brigade of the Paris judicial police, said the Paris prosecutor's office, requested by AFP.

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