{"id":801,"date":"2025-04-30T20:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onesrvmx.com\/?p=801"},"modified":"2025-05-02T22:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:46:55","slug":"british-mum-of-four-65-stabbed-to-death-in-france-pictured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onesrvmx.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/british-mum-of-four-65-stabbed-to-death-in-france-pictured\/","title":{"rendered":"British mum-of-four, 65, stabbed to death in France pictured"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karen Carter, 65, has been identified as the British woman stabbed to death in southwestern France on Tuesday evening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A British mum-of-four stabbed to death in\u00a0France<\/a> has been pictured and named for the first time since the ‘frenzied attack’.<\/p>\n

Karen Carter was found outside a home she owned and rented out in the village of Tr\u00e9molat, east of Bordeaux, on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

The 65-year-old was lying near her car with five stab wounds, pointing to ‘ferocious violence and a desire to kill’.<\/p>\n

An investigating source said the assault happened following a night out at a local caf\u00e9-bar with a male friend. <\/p>\n

\u2018A man called the emergency services after finding her covered in stab wounds,\u2019 said the source.<\/p>\n

\u2018Five deep injuries pointed to ferocious violence and a desire to kill. The victim was found near her car.\u2019<\/p>\n

Heartbreaking tributes to mum-of-four<\/h2>\n

Touching tributes have since been paid to the victim, who was described as someone ‘who got on with everybody’.<\/p>\n

A Tr\u00e9molat resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said: \u2018Everyone is in total shock \u2013 she was a delightful, energetic person who got on with everybody.<\/p>\n

\u2018We saw emergency vehicles in the village, and then lots of police cars, and then the area around her house was cordoned off.’<\/p>\n

She added: \u2018Nobody can understand how this could have happened in a peaceful place like this. <\/p>\n

‘We are all keeping our doors locked \u2013 it is deeply worrying.\u2019<\/p>\n

Possible motives include robbery<\/h2>\n

Sylvie Martins-Guedes, the Bergerac prosecutor, confirmed that a criminal enquiry had been opened, and that local police are investigating a suspected murder.  <\/p>\n

The prosecutor said that \u2018a search has been launched to identify and arrest the perpetrator,\u2019 and that possible motives included robbery. <\/p>\n

In a statement released today, she said that Karen had been discovered by a friend with whom she had been in a relationship for several weeks.<\/p>\n

‘They had spent the evening together in Tr\u00e9molat with friends and then returned to the victim’s home, whom she said had arrived only about ten minutes before her,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘He discovered her collapsed and unconscious near her car with bleeding wounds, and he immediately called emergency services, administering first aid himself.<\/p>\n

Stab wounds to ‘breast, groin, arm, and leg’<\/h2>\n

‘The victim had several injuries, including five deep ones caused by a sharp object, notably on her right breast, groin, arm, and leg.<\/p>\n

‘The injuries were particularly violent, and their location demonstrated an intent to kill.’<\/p>\n

French regional newspaper Sud Ouest described the woman as a \u2018British national\u2019 and \u2018an active participant in Tr\u00e9molat life.\u2019<\/p>\n

It reported that Karen \u2018had spent the evening in Tr\u00e9molat with a friend with whom she had been in a relationship for several weeks, according to the Bergerac prosecutor.\u2019<\/p>\n

It was also reported that the man tried to administer first aid at the scene of the killing.<\/p>\n

Tr\u00e9molat is a commune in the Dordogne, an area of France that is hugely popular with British tourists, second home owners and expat pensioners. <\/p>\n

The British Foreign Office has been approached for comment while the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

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