Woman Held in Custody Over Husband's Death in De Haan

A 53-year-old woman from De Haan will remain detained for another month as suspicion mounts that she killed her own husband. The Bruges judicial chamber extended her arrest after reviewing the case.

The woman is accused of striking her husband with a vehicle. However, she claims to have no recollection of the incident, attributing her memory lapse to being under the influence of alcohol at the time. This assertion complicates the investigation into the events that led to her husband's death.

Authorities are treating the case as both manslaughter and a hit-and-run offense. The ongoing investigation will seek to establish the sequence of events, the woman's level of intoxication, and her culpability in her husband's death.

The court's decision to extend her detention indicates that investigators believe there is sufficient evidence to continue holding her while they gather more information and potentially await further forensic results.