the “policeman, suspected of having killed his companion, was arrested without incident this morning” : announced by a tweet the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, Tuesday, February 22 at 11 a.m. Without giving details on the precise circumstances of the arrest of Arnaud B., a police officer assigned to the Blanc-Mesnil police station (Seine-Saint-Denis), on the run since January 29 after the body of his companion Amanda G., 28, had been discovered in the bathroom of their Parisian home, rue David-d’Angers, in the 19e arrondissement.
The fugitive, whose two wanted notices had been widely publicized over the past two weeks, himself contacted the gendarmerie of Montméyan (Var), where his father resides, who had urged him to to surrender, in order to organize his surrender. Apprehended, he was placed in police custody pending his hearings by the investigators of the 2e judicial police district, in charge of investigations. They will not only have to try to shed light on the circumstances in which his companion was strangled, probably on the night of Friday January 28 to Saturday January 29, but also establish the route followed by the fugitive throughout a run. of three weeks.
Establish the nature of the malfunctions
As a wise policeman, Arnaud Bonnefoy had taken care to turn off his mobile phone in the early hours of his flight, not far from his home, and had not turned it on since. On February 9, when the judicial police were seriously considering the thesis of suicide – the peacekeeper was known for severe bouts of depression – a withdrawal of 1,500 euros was made from an ATM in Breteuil ( Oise).
Then, two days later and after the publication of a first wanted poster illustrated with his bearded portrait and photographs of his vehicle, a white Peugeot 208, the car was discovered in the parking area of a fast food brand in Amiens, in the Somme.
Inside, the investigators had discovered the fugitive’s service weapon and two loaded magazines, before hastily stretching a mousetrap. But the policeman had not reappeared. Is it the publication of a second search notice on February 19, where his face this time appears hairless, with and without a mask, which decided Arnaud B. to surrender? Or, more certainly, the appeal launched by his own father the day before in a video relayed by all social networks: “I ask you to surrender without delay in a police station or a gendarmerie (…) For Amanda, for her parents (…) Three weeks is no longer possible. »
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