Woman kills sick husband in Kuurne

This is reported by the public prosecutor’s office of West Flanders, Kortrijk department.

The couple was found in bed on Wednesday. The man had died and the woman was very dazed. She was taken to the emergency department of AZ Groeninge. “The autopsy on the man’s body showed that he had been suffocated. An investigating judge was then requested. The woman was questioned and admitted that she had suffocated her infirm husband with a pillow. The woman was previously diagnosed with MS. public prosecutor’s office asks her to be arrested for murdering her husband.

According to the public prosecutor’s office, she admitted during the interrogation that she suffocated her husband, but the family denies that and says that there is still a lot of ambiguity. The prosecutor’s office is requesting an arrest for murder.

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