France - Karen Carter, 65, stabbed to death, Dordogne, 29 April 2025

[Skigh]

I'd genuinely be surprised if this doesn't ever get solved. It might take quite a while but at the moment I'm pretty confident the person won't get away with it.

I agree. It is still early days as far as a murder investigation goes. I imagine they have not yet had all results back from forensics.

 

[Charlot123]

She drove home by car, so she was probably not texting during the drive. Reportedly she was attacked when taking her dog out of the car in her driveway. As I said before, maybe they had a date scheduled at her place. If that case, the new boyfriend could have run into the perpetrator if he arrived a few minutes earlier.

This only tells that the perp lives or has a "lair" nearby.

Had BF arrived with Karen, it would have happened on another day.

It is someone for whom it is easy to approach the car. Someone whom she either knows or some service that's expected.

Was it dark when the attack happened?

The husband looks reasonable, logical and not impulsive.

Could anyone else, on the BF's side, financially suffer if he got married? Adult children? Inheritance?

 

[Charlot123]

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Oh
the sweet puppy Karen had with her.

Quote from my previous post (#70):

"Upon returning
Karen was reportedly stabbed through the heart
as she retrieved her dog -
a white Griffon puppy - from her car."

Hope the pooch is being taken care of well.


Picture from this link

Family learnt of mother’s ‘murder’ in Dordogne via Facebook

Relatives discovered Karen Carter had died after seeing condolence messages on social media

www.telegraph.co.uk

Link with a dog quote

Brit mum, 65, stabbed to death in France was 'planning to divorce husband'

A BRIT mum who was brutally murdered in a French village had begun a new relationship and was planning to divorce her husband, a friend claimed. Karen Carter, 65, died from severe blood loss after …

www.thesun.co.uk

So does anyone know if she opened the door, bent to get the dog out of the car, and was viciously stabbed from the back?

She was a strong woman; I assume, with good muscles since she was athletic. The knife had to be long, but also, the person had to be strong and not small, I presume. With good reaction - Ms. Carter was playing sports and living in the village, I assume, having her share of the village work. I suspect that she was killed from the back; had she turned around, the dog would have yelped, at least. So I assume that it could have been another woman, but of comparable height/strength/reaction. Or a man.

Are there many buildings around her house?

 

[Sarahlou]

So does anyone know if she opened the door, bent to get the dog out of the car, and was viciously stabbed from the back?

She was a strong woman; I assume, with good muscles since she was athletic. The knife had to be long, but also, the person had to be strong and not small, I presume. With good reaction - Ms. Carter was playing sports and living in the village, I assume, having her share of the village work. I suspect that she was killed from the back; had she turned around, the dog would have yelped, at least. So I assume that it could have been another woman, but of comparable height/strength/reaction. Or a man.

Are there many buildings around her house?

Not from the back.

"The victim had several injuries, including five deep ones caused by a sharp object, notably on her right breast, groin, arm, and leg," the prosecutor explained.

 

[Charlot123]

Not from the back.

"The victim had several injuries, including five deep ones caused by a sharp object, notably on her right breast, groin, arm, and leg," the prosecutor explained.

Thank you.

So, she parks, turns to retrieve the dog from the car, turns back again, and is stabbed? Does she drop the dog? The dogs are noisy.

Or does she get out and walks to the back of the car, to retrieve the dog from the back seat, and is attacked while walking? Then, the dog may not even see much, or even if she barks, she’s behind a window. If the dog is in a crate on the right seat, and Karen turns to the front to walk in front of the car, the dog may not even see much.

I look at the barn, there are houses close by, shrubs and trees, so it is possible to be in the shade, unnoticed.

But my understanding is that the barn is like an Airbnb, so there should be some cameras around? What do people think?

 

[Charlot123]

She drove home by car, so she was probably not texting during the drive. Reportedly she was attacked when taking her dog out of the car in her driveway. As I said before, maybe they had a date scheduled at her place. If that case, the new boyfriend could have run into the perpetrator if he arrived a few minutes earlier.

I don’t know what car she had, but she could be speaking to Francois via the car bluetooth. It is easy, especially when driving on a rather empty road. Then either the call dropped or she got out and didn’t call back. I think he had the reason to feel anxious.

 

[vls12345]

Maybe the dog didn't bark because it knew the killer?

I still think this was a big clue in the OJ Simpson case too with Nicole's dog. I think her dog stood down because it considered the killer -- OJ -- the alpha. So could that be the case here? Has the dog been around many of Karen's friends/family/acquaintances?

Jmo.

 

[Dotta]

I wonder about cuts on somebody's hand,
provided the murderer didn't wear gloves.

It happens that a stabber sometimes injures oneself while attacking.

"In a knife attack the perpetrator can unintentionally injure his own hand,
if the knife does not have an adequate handguard
and the tip of the blade hits a solid, mostly bony structure
while being violently thrust into the victim's body."

Cuts to the offender's own hand--unintentional self-infliction in the course of knife attacks - PubMed

In a knife attack the perpetrator can unintentionally injure his own hand, if the knife does not have an adequate handguard and the tip of the blade hits a solid, mostly bony structure while being violently thrust into the victim's body. The injuries occurring under these conditions are...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Dotta]

I don’t know what car she had.

Dacia Duster
as was reported.

It is Romanian car.
Well,
Dacia is a subsidiary of the French Renault concern.

Found it
(which wasn't easy considering all the reports I read)

"On the night she died,
Mrs Carter had enjoyed a wine-tasting event Mr Guerrier had hosted
at his large, gated compound in the hills overlooking the village.

She left some time around 10 pm,
driving home in her Dacia Duster."

Brit expat seen dancing with French lover months before tragic death

The carefree moment was recorded in December outside Café Village, a bar where Mrs Carter and Mr Guerrier worked closely together in the hamlet of Tremolat in Dordogne

www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[Charlot123]

Dacia Duster
as was reported.

It is Romanian car.

Thank you. I looked it up. The newer ones have apple car play and Android connectivity, so Karen could be driving and talking.

 

[Charlot123]

I wonder about cuts on somebody's hand,
provided the murderer didn't wear gloves.

It happens that a stabber sometimes injures oneself while attacking.

"In a knife attack the perpetrator can unintentionally injure his own hand,
if the knife does not have an adequate handguard
and the tip of the blade hits a solid, mostly bony structure
while being violently thrust into the victim's body."

Cuts to the offender's own hand--unintentional self-infliction in the course of knife attacks - PubMed

In a knife attack the perpetrator can unintentionally injure his own hand, if the knife does not have an adequate handguard and the tip of the blade hits a solid, mostly bony structure while being violently thrust into the victim's body. The injuries occurring under these conditions are...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

It is common when such violence is used. Even gloves may not help. I hope they took all samples, including the soil around the attack place.

 

[Dotta]

Thank you. I looked it up. The newer ones have apple car play and Android connectivity, so Karen could be driving and talking.

I guess the man was busy with his guests at the wine tasting event he himself hosted.
He simply asked to be called when she reached home safely.
After all she consumed alcohol.

JMO

 

[indicolite22]

It was reported that it's a ten minute drive from the cafe to her house. Her boyfriend arrived at her house ten minutes after her. That means that he didn't wait at all when he thought she got home and he didn't hear from her. Had he waited several minutes, he wouldn't have got there so quickly after the attack.

 

[Dotta]

"French village ​

where British woman Karen Carter was fatally stabbed is scene of cult murder film.​

'A few of us remember filming in the late 1960s,
and how the film attracted a lot of visitors at the time',
said the man, who is in his 80s and asked not to be identified.
'It was quite a disturbing film,
and at the time people were quite upset that Trémolat was associated with it'.

'The Butcher' was all about a secret romance between a local woman and a man,
who turned out to be killing women in the village.

'This terrible killer in Trémolat today
has got us thinking about the film,
although I haven’t seen it in years'.

'The Butcher' was released in 1970 after being filmed and directed by Claude Chabrol,
the celebrated New Wave filmaker from Paris."

French village where British woman was fatally stabbed is scene of cult murder film

Karen Carter, 65, died in the Dordogne village of Trémolat

www.standard.co.uk

 

[Dotta]

It was reported that it's a ten minute drive from the cafe to her house. Her boyfriend arrived at her house ten minutes after her. That means that he didn't wait at all when he thought she got home and he didn't hear from her. Had he waited several minutes, he wouldn't have got there so quickly after the attack.

Cafe?

The "wine tasting event" was organized at JF's private property.

"at his large, gated compound in the hills overlooking the village."

Brit expat seen dancing with French lover months before tragic death

The carefree moment was recorded in December outside Café Village, a bar where Mrs Carter and Mr Guerrier worked closely together in the hamlet of Tremolat in Dordogne

www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[indicolite22]

Cafe?

The "wine tasting event" was organized at JF's private property.

"at his large, gated compound in the hills overlooking the village."

Brit expat seen dancing with French lover months before tragic death

The carefree moment was recorded in December outside Café Village, a bar where Mrs Carter and Mr Guerrier worked closely together in the hamlet of Tremolat in Dordogne

www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

On Tuesday night, she was at the Cafe Village Tremolat, one of her favourite venues
...
A former regular said: ‘Everyone was encouraged to mingle and find new friends. The wine flowed freely, and people arrived from all over the surrounding countryside. The cafe represented the Dordogne at its very best.’

Inside final hours of British expat found dead in Dordogne

On Tuesday, the blood-soaked body of 65-year-old Karen Carter was discovered outside Les Chouettes after she returned home from a wine-tasting event with friends.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Dotta]

On Tuesday night, she was at the Cafe Village Tremolat, one of her favourite venues
...
A former regular said: ‘Everyone was encouraged to mingle and find new friends. The wine flowed freely, and people arrived from all over the surrounding countryside. The cafe represented the Dordogne at its very best.’

Inside final hours of British expat found dead in Dordogne

On Tuesday, the blood-soaked body of 65-year-old Karen Carter was discovered outside Les Chouettes after she returned home from a wine-tasting event with friends.

www.dailymail.co.uk

We, as the public, are on the mercy of journalists/reporters who report what they decide to report.

It might be DM updated the place of the venue of wine tasting.

I have no idea,
I don't live in this village and I didn't drink wine there.

I simply provide the links.

JMO

 

[indicolite22]

The woman that has been detained earlier but was later released, is named.

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Arrested woman had told village of her affections for stabbed British mother’s lover but had been wrongly accused, sibling says

 

[Skigh]

'Love rival', 69, of murdered Brit expat is 'innocent', brother says

Ms Autefort's home was searched by police but she was able to provide them with an alibi and was released without charge.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Today, Ms Autefort's brother claimed his sister 'was in love' with Mr Guerrier and that was the reason she was arrested.

But he said she was not capable of murder.

Speaking at a cafe in Trémolat, some 65-miles east of Bordeaux, Philippe Monribot said: 'My sister is innocent. She is devastated by what has happened.

'She was in love with Mr Guerrier - everyone knows it - but she didn't kill Karen Carter. She would never do anything like that, she isn't capable of it.

'My sister has not been home since her arrest and is currently in Paris. She doesn't want to return because there is an awful mood in the village at the moment.'

French prosecutor, Sylvie Martins-Guedes, said the investigation was concentrating on the fact the killer almost certainly knew Mrs Carter and may have held a 'grudge' against her.

Ms Autefort was vice president of Trémolat's General Assembly of which Mr Guerrier was the president.

 

[indicolite22]

They don't mention her alibi. Some of the previous articles claimed that she was at the wine-tasting event, too.

Ms Autefort was vice president of Trémolat's General Assembly of which Mr Guerrier was the president.

SBM. That explains how she could get close to him. Since he is no longer the president he got close to someone else.