GUILTY UK - Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, found dead in shallow grave, Kew, 7 March 2019

[jessie]

Oh how terrible, I feel sick. So glad they've managed to track him down and arrest him but how terrifying that a murderer can manage to flee the country so quickly.

That he did flee the country so quickly certainly may raised police suspicions. imo

 

[Vail]

Blogger in 'heated row' with man before being found buried in shallow grave
Reposting this link as it names her ex. I'm willing to bet that is who she agued with in the morning, then he returned that evening and killed her.

 

[Sera]

I know this is unlikely but police never clarified if they found her phone and friends said that she was messaging them on Sunday night. Is it possible that the murderer took her phone with him and that's how they tracked him? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

 

[jessie]

I know this is unlikely but police never clarified if they found her phone and friends said that she was messaging them on Sunday night. Is it possible that the murderer took her phone with him and that's how they tracked him? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Questions are always necessary imo. But it could have been her phone, or CCTV, or a visual description from witnesses. Doubt if we will be told.

 

[Ellmau]

Lucky he didn't make it to Russia.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Well the Mail have said it's her ex boyfriend.

'Police arrest ex-boyfriend, 32, in Estonia over murder of French film producer found in a shallow grave in Kew'
Police arrest suspect, 32, in Estonia over murder of French film producer | Daily Mail Online

Doesn't surprise me: top of my suspect list. Wasn't random being in her own garden. Great that they have him. Must have been on their own suspect list from the start. It's not going to bring her back, but must give her family and friends some relief.

 

[Ellmau]

I suspected they might have an active line of enquiry given that they weren't appealing for help.

 

[smucklecrumble]

Lucky he didn't make it to Russia.

I was thinking this

 

[jiminy]

When I Googled his name, it looks like The Sun named him almost every day in their various articles. No other UK MSM did. I guess The Sun have a source on the force.

 

[HayLouise]

Sky News Breaking‏Verified account @SkyNewsBreak

Metropolitan Police says a 32-year-old man has been arrested in Estonia on suspicion of murdering Laureline Garcia-Bertaux whose body was found in a shallow grave in Kew in southwest London on 6 March

Sky News Breaking on Twitter

 

[Ellmau]

New article: PICTURED: Ex-boyfriend arrested over murder of PR girl Laureline Bertaux | Daily Mail Online

It appears that KB is actually Estonian not Russian.

 

[dotr]

New article: PICTURED: Ex-boyfriend arrested over murder of PR girl Laureline Bertaux | Daily Mail Online

It appears that KB is actually Estonian not Russian.

Kirill Belorusov (pictured) is being held in Estonia capital Tallinn over the murder of his former girlfriend, Laureline Garcia-Bertau
"The ex-boyfriend arrested over the murder of PR girl Laureline Garcia-Bertaux celebrated his birthday with friends in Estonia two days after her body was discovered in a shallow grave."

 

[Sera]

New article: PICTURED: Ex-boyfriend arrested over murder of PR girl Laureline Bertaux | Daily Mail Online

It appears that KB is actually Estonian not Russian.

Ooof... I know he's not been found guilty yet but if he really did kill Laureline and then returned to Estonia to celebrate his birthday 2 days later, acting "completely normal" - that's made my blood boil. I'm so glad they tracked him down.

 

[Officer Dibble]

Blogger in 'heated row' with man before being found buried in shallow grave
Reposting this link as it names her ex. I'm willing to bet that is who she agued with in the morning, then he returned that evening and killed her.

why would you go to Kew Gardens if you were moving house the next day?

 

[jessie]

why would you go to Kew Gardens if you were moving house the next day?

Not Kew Gardens.....a garden in Kew, near Richmond, actually I think it is East Sheen but Kew is better known

 

[mrazda71]

why would you go to Kew Gardens if you were moving house the next day?

Why wouldn't you? If that's what you want to do... but, either way, not 'Kew gardens' the attraction - as @jessie says - A garden IN Kew ... her garden.

 

[Tortoise]

Estonian News‏ @errnews 22m22 minutes ago
Harju County Court has approved the extradition to the UK of Estonian citizen Kirill Belorusov. Belorusov is suspect in the murder of French national Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, whose body was found in a shallow grave at her London home on 6 March.

 

[Tortoise]

Aare Pere, assistant prosecutor at the North District Prosecutor's Office, said in court that there were legal grounds for his extradition to the UK, which the suspect's lawyer, Nadežda Kikkas, concurred with, BNS reports.

The suspect also requested transfer to the UK as quickly as possible, according to BNS, who added that he is continuing to protest his innocence in the case.

Estonian citizen to be extradited to UK in murder case

 

[Tortoise]

Kirill Belorusov travelled to his native Estonia on the day the body of his ex-girlfriend Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, was discovered in her back garden in Kew.

A court in Tallinn today ruled in favour of his extradition back to the UK, where he previously worked as a barman in London.

Murdered French film producer's ex will be extradited from Estonia | Daily Mail Online

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Kirill Belorusov (pictured) is being held in Estonia capital Tallinn over the murder of his former girlfriend, Laureline Garcia-Bertau
"The ex-boyfriend arrested over the murder of PR girl Laureline Garcia-Bertaux celebrated his birthday with friends in Estonia two days after her body was discovered in a shallow grave."

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