An American man has been arrested at Toulouse airport while trying to flee to Indonesia after allegedly killing his French wife whose dismembered remains were found by police , prosecutors said on Saturday.
The man has confessed to killing Laure Kruger , 52 , who taught French at a school in Jakarta , the prosecutors said . He is due to appear before a judge on Sunday .
Kruger ’ s LinkedIn profile states that she had been living in the Indonesian capital since 2015 and had earlier worked in Shanghai, Cairo and Hawaii .
The couple used to vacation in France and had a holiday home in the village of Peyriac - sur - Mer on the Atlantic coast in southern France.
Kruger ’ s father alerted police when the couple failed to visit him as planned before leaving for Indonesia .
The police found her luggage in the apartment and her dismembered remains in a rainwater drain nearby .
The man was arrested at the airport just before he was about to board the plane .
This latest murder brings the number of femicides in France this year to at least 40 , according to an AFP tally .
( AFP )
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