A fifty-year-old man identified as Michel Pialle has confessed to the killing of his 54-year-old wife and mother of five, who reportedly disappeared from home on March 27.
The deceased identified as Karine Esquivillon was said to be missing from her home in the Pays de la Loire region of western France without any trace.
It was gathered that when police in the course of investigations invited witnesses to come forward, Pialle her husband, had claimed that the deceased left ‘voluntarily’.
However, the deceased family, it was learned, was not convinced by Pialle’s claim.
Reports confirmed that Karine’s cellphone with a missing sim card wrapped with one of the deceased daughters’ photo was found two weeks after in a ditch by a car park by the Commune’s mayor.
It was also revealed that at the end of May, Pialle had disclosed to an impeccable source that “his anxiety was growing stronger with each passing day.”
On Wednesday, a search was conducted on Pialle’s family home, and two vehicles owned by the couple were seized by investigators while Pialle was taken into police custody.
According to a reliable source, Pialle in the end admitted that he inadvertently killed his wife while handling a gun.
Pialle’s lawyer, Antoine Ory, in a text message to AFP, said: “Mr Pialle made the choice to explain himself.”
Public Prosecutor, Emmanuelle Lepissier, told AFP in a text message that “Pialle admitted the facts and indicated to investigators where to find her body.”
Karine’s body was found in a forest, kilometres from the couple’s home, according to Le Parisien.
According to AFP, Pialle would be brought before the La-Roche-Sur-yon court on Friday.