Emigrant (65) leaves husband for local (74) - now she is dead
British woman Karen C. emigrated to a small, idyllic village in France, where she found a new life and new love. Two days after her 65th birthday, she was brutally murdered.
A story of passion and tragedy rocks a small village in southern France : In Trémolat, a commune of 629 residents, Karen C. was brutally murdered on April 29. The 65-year-old British woman was planning to start a new chapter in her life after filing for divorce from her South African husband, Alan. She wanted to buy a new house in the region. The Daily Mail tells the story.
Just 24 hours after telling a close friend about the dramatic turn in her life, she was stabbed eight times in a late-night attack outside the 250-year-old holiday home she owned with her husband, Alan. By the time paramedics arrived, she was already dead.
Karen had just returned from a wine tasting at the winery of Jean-François G., a local Frenchman with whom she got along well.
Police describe the crime as "extraordinary violence." Villagers are alarmed. "Whoever did this knew how to kill," the Daily Mail quoted a local resident as saying. Her husband, Alan, was in South Africa at the time of the crime.
A murder motivated by jealousy could also have come from G's circle, as the Sun reports. A villager was said to have been deeply "in love" with him. She was temporarily arrested by the police during the investigation but released later.
In Germany, murder is punishable by life imprisonment under Section 211 of the Criminal Code (StGB). Jealousy can be considered a motive for murder, but it does not fall under the legally defined characteristics of murder, such as greed, malice, or base motives.
If a court considers jealousy to be a base motive, this may still lead to the crime being classified as murder. The exact legal assessment depends on the circumstances of the individual case and will be decided in court proceedings.
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