American Charged With Aggravated Murder of Wife in France

American Charged With Aggravated Murder of Wife in France
French police stand next to a storm drain where the body of Laure Bardina-Kruger was found, in Peyriac de Mer, southern France, on July 24, 2020. Christophe Barreau/AP Photo
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LE PECQ, France—A Brooklyn man who told French police investigators that he killed his wife by stabbing her twice during an argument has been charged with her murder, a prosecutor said Monday.

The French-American, identified in French media reports as Billy Kruger, told investigators that he acted in self-defense, Marie-Agnès Joly, a prosecutor in the southwest city of Narbonne, told The Associated Press.