The husband of Laure Bardina-Kruger allegedly confessed to killing her "to defend himself," the prosecutor says. Write for Blue Water Healthy Living For more information on writing for BWHL….. Click Here! According to her LinkedIn profile, Laure Kruger taught French at the Jakarta Intercultural School. When the victim's parents were unable to reach the couple by phone ahead of their flight, police went to the couple's home and found the wife’s belongings still there. After the body was found, a manhunt ensued and Billy Kruger was arrested in the departure area of the Toulouse airport. Prosecutor Marie-Agnes Jolie told AFP on Sunday that Kruger had earlier confessed to police to having stabbed his wife twice, and told the investigating magistrate that it was in self-defence. The husband will be presented Sunday to an examining magistrate for his indictment. Billy Kruger, aged in his 50s, was charged with murder on Sunday after the body of his wife Laure Bardina-Kruger, 52, was found near their property in Peyriac-de-Mer in southern France. We owe ourselves to be strong and resilient for him.". Please help us increase our audience. “We don’t know yet what happened, but we never got any alarm signal from Laure regarding violent acts against her by her husband,” Laure’s brother Pierre Bardina wrote on Facebook. Often inspiring and uplifting, our stories come from our heart and soul to promote the enjoyment of a more fulfilling Blue Water Area lifestyle. “You always think this can only happen to other people, but violence against women can happen all of a sudden.”. Our purpose is to promote healthy living by promoting the values of Faith, Family, and Freedom as well as showcasing the Blue Water Area, its people, issues, and surroundings. Officers arrested Billy Kruger on Friday as he was about to fly out of France from the airport in nearby Toulouse. Authorities discovered the body of the victim, 52-year-old Laure Bardina-Kruger, hidden in a rainwater drain Friday near the couple's second home in Peyriac-de-Mer, a village south of Narbonne, reports L'Express. The subsequently discovered the husband had checked in alone for the flight to Jakarta, and he was arrested in the boarding area, the prosecutor said, reports AP. Laure Kruger’s father alerted police when she and her husband failed to visit him as planned before leaving for Indonesia. The couple, who habitually spent a few weeks in Peyriac-de-Mer each year, were to have left on Friday for their home in Indonesia where Laure Kruger worked as a teacher. The couple, who habitually spent a few weeks in Peyriac-de-Mer each year, were to have left on Friday for their home in Indonesia where Laure Kruger worked as a teacher. 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