Death of rugby player Benjamin Arnauné: “shy”, “effaced”, who is Tatiana B., the young woman suspected of having killed her ex-companion

Benjamin Arnauné during a Fédérale 1 match in Tarbes on October 20, 2019. LAURENT DARD – LA DEPECHE DU MIDI/MAXPPP

A 35-year-old young woman is suspected of having killed her ex-partner, rugby player Benjamin Arnauné, with a hunting rifle and then burning his body by setting fire to their home in Bagnères-de -Bigorre. She was arrested this Thursday, January 4, 2024 and placed in police custody.

Tatiana B., 35 years old, was arrested near Tarbes, in the commune of Aurensan, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, this Thursday, January 4, 2024 at the beginning of the afternoon. noon, near his grandmother's home. The thirty-year-old had been on the run for six days. 

On December 30, in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, the house of a former rugby player, Benjamin Arnauné, was hit by a major fire in the morning. Thirty firefighters were mobilized to extinguish the flames in this small house in the hamlet Lesponne. Despite the speed of the neighbors who alerted the emergency services, a completely charred body, most certainly his, was found inside.

In what context ?

Tatiana B. is suspected of having killed Benjamin Arnauné, her ex-companion, with a firearm. She is suspected of having had her body burned in a fire that she herself started in the house where the couple had lived together for almost ten years.

She was placed in police custody in the premises of the gendarmes of the Toulouse research section, as part of a judicial investigation opened for "assassination"& nbsp;January 3 by the Pau public prosecutor's office.

Tatiana B., l'ex-compagne du rugbyman Benjamin Arnauné, dont le corps aurait été retrouvé entièrement calciné dans sa maison à Bagnères-de-Bigorre, a été interpellée.

Des éléments suspects ont été retrouvés dans sa voiture
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Impending separation

This possible assassination would have occurred in a context of close separation, according to Le Parisien. Tatiana had to leave the house permanently on Saturday December 30, 2023. It had been several months since the couple had lived together, according to the same source cited by the daily.

Always according to Le Parisien, Tatiana B. is described as a young woman "rather shy and self-effacing& quot;, marked by the serious psychiatric history of his parents. His dad is now deceased. His mother is currently interned in a specialized structure in the region.