KILLING OF THE LADY BAKER OF CARMAUX: CRIME OF PASSION OR MURDER? | M6 | 66 minutes

On July 23, Maryline prepares to make her morning round: a 90-kilometer circuit to deliver bread. For 17 years, she has been working at the Fournil du Ségala bakery in Carmaux (Tarn). It’s always a pleasure for her 120 customers to see her and enjoy a quick chat with her. But this morning, nobody sees Maryline… At 9:30 she is found dead behind the bakery! What happened? Who could have anything against this popular fifty-something?Maryline Blondeau is a handsome woman of 53, known to all as Marie. For 17 years, she’d been working at the Fournil du Ségala and every morning she made a 90-kilometer round in the Tarn. Bread, croissant and cakes, all delivered with a smile, to the delight of her 120 customers. So, when she is discovered dead at the back of the bakery on this July 2016 morning, the whole department is in shock. Maryline’s body had suffered several stab wounds. But why such a frenzied attack on this unassuming woman? Could it be a crime of passion?In order to solve this sordid crime, investigators probe into the private life of Maryline Blondeau. After living with Thierry, the father of their two children, for 24 years, the couple decided to end their relationship in October 2015. Several months before, Maryline had met a man, Mamadi Camara, and entered into a sexual relationship. Only a few days after her separation from the father of her children, her lover moved in with her. However, the honeymoon will prove short-lived… At Christmas 2015, during a dinner at Maryline’s best friend’s house, the lover starts to show his true face: if she leaves me, I’ll set fire to the house and shoot her”. Did the man carry out his threats? Whatever the case, one week before the killing, Maryline’s house will burn down…On Maryline’s death, all those close to her talk about the violent and alarming attitude of Mamadi Camara. He becomes the prime suspect for the Toulouse regional detective force and the theory of a crime of passion is dropped in favor of one of premeditated murder.The ex-lover confesses that he delivered the knife blows. Apparently, he could not bear the idea that Maryline would leave him. In custody since August 2016, he is charged with premeditated homicide one. The lady baker’s two children and their father are now plaintiffs. They’re hoping that the killer’s sentence is the most severe allowed by law.A fresh look at a case that has shocked an entire department.”