They had lived separated for several years. She in Dordogne, he in South Africa. But Alan and Karen Carter were still united by the bonds of marriage … until death separates them. The 65 -year -old Briton was found this Tuesday evening, Stabbed to death in his village in Trémolatin the east of Bergerac.
An assassination that her husband several thousand kilometers away took a lot of time to learn. “No one had contacted me to warn me. I learned of his death from my cousin, who saw him by chance via a Facebook page, ”says Alan Carter to the BBC.
A woman who would “not hurt a fly”
His death was then confirmed by the authorities after his assistant managed to contact the local police. “I was not given any details on what happened,” said her husband, who inquired from press articles on this story.
The victim had been found inert, stabbed several times, notably in the thorax, this Tuesday evening after an evening with friends. It was the man she had frequented for a few weeks that found her, next to her vehicle parked in front of her house.
This victim’s “companion”, who made the macabre discovery, was first very briefly placed in police custody before being released. According to a press release from the Public Prosecutor of Bergerac, a member of the entourage of the couple, originally from Tremolat, was in turn Placed in police custody. She is 69 years old.
“Terrible” facts for her husband, who evokes a person “who would not harm a fly”. “Everyone loved him. That’s why I married her. She is simply adorable, ”he explains, always with the BBC.
The content of their husband and woman relationship at a distance is still blurred. He stayed in South Africa while his wife managed rental homes on the side of the Dordogne.
“It is a very active and very fruitful activity. She was very good at her work, in her marketing and in obtaining reservations throughout the year, “continues Alan Carter. An incomprehensible and above all “traumatic” murder for her relatives according to her husband.
