She had been missing for almost three months. On March 27, Karine Esquivillon, 54 and mother of five, disappeared without a trace. Two weeks after her disappearance, the mayor of the commune of Maché in the Vendée found her mobile phone in a ditch. A call for witnesses had been launched on May 9, in an attempt to find her.
His husband Michele Pialleassured that his wife had left the house” voluntarily”. Because according to her statements, the couple had been separated for several years, but still lived under the same roof. A separation ignored by those around the coupleincluding children.
In the night between Thursday June 15 and Friday June 16, Michel Pialle finally confessed to killing his wife, after more than a day and a half in police custody, he revealed The Parisian. On his instructions, the body of the deceased was found by the gendarmes in a wood in the Vendée, where it had been hidden.
Contradictory statements
According to Michel Pialle, who until then had always denied any involvement in his wife’s disappearance, the death was an accident. “The man evokes an accident, with a firearm, in circumstances that are still unclear »reports the newspaper. The fatal shot would have gone off when the man, who is a sports shooter, was cleaning one of his firearms.
In police custody since Wednesday June 14, the 51-year-old man is being interrogated by investigators from the La Roche-sur-Yon gendarmerie, due to his various contradictory statements. If one day he claimed to have run after a car – presumably his wife at the time of her disappearance, another time he assured that he had not noticed his departure.
He had already been heard by the gendarmes on April 17 after the opening of an investigation into ” kidnapping and forced kidnapping “. On Wednesday morning, in the presence of the accused, a search was carried out in the couple’s home, a house located in a hamlet near Maché, for more than eight hours.
A “hold” according to the sister of the victim
According to the victim’s sister, Adelaide Esquivillon the explanations given by Michel Pialle were ” clouded » AND ” inconsistent »he confided into the microphone of franceinfo : “Very quickly, she started talking to me about my sister as a quitter, a one-night stand, a complete disinvestment from everyday life at home… I had a hard time saying that. believe me.. »
The victim’s sister describes the latter as below “a form of control » from her husband. ” It had lost its independence. (…) They were almost always together. For years when I called him, it was Michel who answered. He was always behind her. It was a bit of a control tower. »
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Michel Pialle is now expected this Friday morning at the court of La-Roche-sur-Yon to be presented to the two investigating judges in charge of the case opened for ” kidnapping and forced kidnapping ” as well as ” homocide “. He risks prosecution and pre-trial detention. The murder of Karine Esquivillon is the 59th femicide of the year.
If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence or you just want to find out more:
- 3919 and the government website let’s stop THE violence
- Our practical article My boyfriend hit me: how to react, what to do when you are a victim of violence in your relationship?
- The association All ahead and its help chat available at How do we love each other?
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Source: Madmoizelle
Mary Crossley is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. She is a seasoned journalist who is dedicated to delivering the latest news to her readers. With a keen sense of what’s important, Mary covers a wide range of topics, from politics to lifestyle and everything in between.
