Shock As Husband Confesses To Killing His Own Wife Who Has Been Missing For Months
A guy named Michel Pialle has admitted to the horrible murder of his own wife, Karine Esquivillon, who has been missing in western France for two and a half months. This is likely to come across as a pretty surprising news.
Police reported on Friday that he also directed detectives to her body.
Karine Esquivillon, a 54-year-old mother of five who lived in the Pays de la Loire region of western France, vanished on March 27 without a trace.
Two weeks later, the commune’s mayor found her cell phone, which was without a SIM card but contained a picture of one of her daughters, in a ditch next to a parking lot.
While police appealed for witnesses to come forward, her husband Michel Pialle described Esquivillon as having “voluntarily” left, although some family members cast doubt on the claim.
By the end of May, Pialle told AFP that his “anxiety was growing stronger with each passing day”.
Pialle was taken into police custody Wednesday as a search of the family home was conducted, with the couple’s two vehicles seized by investigators.
He eventually told investigators he had killed his wife accidentally while handling a gun, a source close to the investigation said, confirming reports made by the daily Le Parisien.
Husband Confesses To Killing His Own Wife Who Has Been Missing For Months
“Mr Pialle made the choice to explain himself,” said his lawyer Antoine Ory in a text message to AFP.
Pialle admitted the facts and “indicated to investigators where to find her body,” public prosecutor Emmanuelle Lepissier told AFP in a text message.
Her body was found in a forested area several kilometres from the couple’s home, according to Le Parisien.
Pialle, 50, was expected to be brought before the La-Roche-sur-Yon court Friday morning, according to an AFP correspondent.