65-Year-Old Psychanalyst Commits Suicide in Paris After Killing Ex-Wife

A 65-year-old French psychoanalyst, who was wanted for the bullet death of his ex-wife in Yonne on Sunday night, took his own life at a consultation office in central Paris early Monday morning. The woman, aged 56, had been found dead inside her home near Brosses after being shot by an unknown person around 19:45 UTC.

Police sources confirmed that the man was tracked to his practice on Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine in Paris's 11th arrondissement. The Avallon search and rescue unit (BRI) transferred jurisdiction to local officers, who arrived at approximately 2:30 AM Monday morning. By around 5:00 AM, the elite intervention team had breached the premises following a forced entry order.

Inside the office, authorities discovered the body of the sexagénaire in an unresponsive state and determined he had committed suicide according to prosecutors from Auxerre. The couple has one daughter born in 2007 who was taken into care by relatives.