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

[Dotta]

The Husband doesn't strike me as the careless type. If he was responsible for arranging the 'hit' then I'm sure he would have avoided using any form of communication that could be traced back to him i.e phone or email.
Also, how easy would it be for French magistrates to investigate his bank accounts or investments for suspicious transactions, considering they are held in South Africs and oustide of their legal jurisdiction?
According to the report in La Parisien from November :- "Recently, the investigating magistrate encountered difficulties accessing the victim's bank accounts, most of which are held in her native country"

So if they couldn't even get access to KC'S own bank accounts as recently as last month then maybe they haven't been able to investigate the husband's finances yet?

According to WS rules
a family member of the victim is considered a victim too.

The husband
- has NOT been named as a Person of Interest,
- has NOT been charged,
- has NOT been arrested.

JMO

 

[crazychris]

The Missy Bevers and Liz Barraza cases seem to be perfect crimes too. No movement in years yet perps on CTV!

 

[Cedars]

So he would be the one of the few in history of Criminology to commit a perfect crime.

They say that Perfect Crimes don't exist,
but here you are!

And all this in 21st Century with advanced Technology
and Media watching like hawks.

Oh,
and knowing that he would be the 1st scrutinized by LE as the husband.

Phew!!!

JMO

I follow many unsolved cases on websleuths, going back decades. I guess those could be considered perfect crimes.

However, one thing in this case is they appear to have DNA. So it can be solved.

JMO

 

[Dotta]

I follow many unsolved cases on websleuths, going back decades. I guess those could be considered perfect crimes.

However, one thing in this case is they appear to have DNA. So it can be solved.

JMO

There is always some evidence left at the crime scene.
(According to Locard's Exchange Principle)
The thing is to find & collect it.

I'm glad Police have DNA in Karen's case.
Now
the next step is to find a suspect to compare DNA.
And this seems to be a problem.
Every aspect of the victim's life must be checked.
If this crime is not random,
then the answer lies in her contacts.

"Along the thread to the ball of yarn"
as we say in my country

JMO

 

[FromGermany1]

There is always some evidence left at the crime scene.
(According to Locard's Exchange Principle)
The thing is to find & collect it.

I'm glad Police have DNA in Karen's case.
Now
the next step is to find a suspect to compare DNA.
And this seems to be a problem.
Every aspect of the victim's life must be checked.
If this crime is not random,
then the answer lies in her contacts.

"Along the thread to the ball of yarn"
as we say in my country

JMO

Is it right, that a lab can differentiate between DNA of white people and DNA of black people? My memory doesn't seem the best .....

 

[Dotta]

Is it right, that a lab can differentiate between DNA of white people and DNA of black people? My memory doesn't seem the best .....

No.

"DNA testing can estimate ethnic background,
revealing connections to specific populations,
but these estimates are often broad
and don't neatly align with racial labels
like Black, White, or Asian,
which are socially constructed."

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[slowpoke]

One thing. In his FB, AC seems to be the person trying to pull his big family (wife, 3 kids and a stepson), living on different continents, together. He is the one posting photos of the kids. He didn't hire a lawyer. It is Monsieur JFG who immediately lawyered up and didn't say a word. It seems that AC would think of the kids.

^ snipped & bolded by me

It seems he did hire a lawyer, according to this article. (As he should, imo.)
It calls him “the family’s lawyer” Réda Hammouche.
It says he welcomes the fresh appeal by the gendarmes to find witnesses.

British woman murdered in Dordogne: Police appeal for witnesses

Inquiry reaches its seventh month without a breakthrough

www.connexionfrance.com

A google search shows a Maître Réda Hammouche to be a criminal attorney based in Périgueux, France.

 

[Dotta]

^ snipped & bolded by me

It seems he did hire a lawyer, according to this article. (As he should, imo.)
It calls him “the family’s lawyer” Réda Hammouche.
It says he welcomes the fresh appeal by the gendarmes to find witnesses.

British woman murdered in Dordogne: Police appeal for witnesses

Inquiry reaches its seventh month without a breakthrough

www.connexionfrance.com

A google search shows a Maître Réda Hammouche to be a criminal attorney based in Périgueux, France.

Good idea

As a member of the victim's family
he needs an official representative to allow the information flow
between him/family in SA and Investigators in France.

Let's not forget
the husband was not informed by French Police about wife's murder.
His cousin - who read the info on FB - called him.
As was reported.


JMO

 

[Cedars]

No.

"DNA testing can estimate ethnic background,
revealing connections to specific populations,
but these estimates are often broad
and don't neatly align with racial labels
like Black, White, or Asian,
which are socially constructed."

The Truth About DNA Tests And Determining Race

Are you interested in learning about your ancestry? Consider the reports offered through Genomelink.

genomelink.io

True, but the ethnic origin is becoming more precise every day as the whole human genome is being mapped. Especially those groups who have traditionally lived together in their homeland. Eg, there was a case in my country that identified the murderer as probably an ethnic Kurd, a group who'd recently arrived to that specific area in large numbers as Syrian refugees. The police gathered DNA specifically from cultural gatherings and did find the match, and got a conviction on a child murder.

However, France, as I just checked, is the most anti-DNA geneology country in Europe. Same as no one is allowed to have CCTV cameras facing the road, in case they capture images of a private citizen.

JMO