Woman was found stabbed in the French holiday home

• Karen Carter was found with eight stab wounds in front of her holiday home in France
• The investigators say that the mother of four children have an affair with the retired businessman who found their body
• Her husband in South Africa learned her killing through Facebook

A British entrepreneur who lived in a French village where she had two holiday homes was brutally stabbed last week.

The 65 -year -old Karen Carter was killed in Dordogne in southwestern France on April 29, the BBC reported, citing the prosecutor.

She found a friend with eight stab wounds, including wounds on her groin and her chest, next to her veranda of her house in the village of Trémolat, as can be seen from a preliminary autop appetizer and an explanation of the Sylvie Martins-Guedes public prosecutor's office. The timesrespectively.

Martins-Guedes said the investigation concentrated The times.

During the examination, the police arrested a 69-year-old neighbor, but the woman was released, The timesThe connection and The Telegraph reported.

The man who found Karen's body was identified in The times And the connexion reports as a 74-year-old businessman. He was briefly arrested, but released without charges.

Information about the victim's affair reported shocked her husband, who lives in South Africa, according to information The times.

He said he had found out about Karens Murder of a relative who saw the news on Facebook. “Nobody had contacted me at all to let me know what had happened,” he said, according to BBC.

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Since her arrival in the village of Trémolat more than a decade ago, Karen had become a beloved member of the community.

“She was the embodiment of friendliness,” said a friend who played with Karen in a soccer team for women over 50 years.

“She is the one who brought the lost dog, the cat or whatever home. She is this kind of person,” said her husband after her death according to the BBC. “Everyone liked them. That's why I got her married.”

No suspects were arrested.