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A British mother who was stabbed to death in France is seen smiling and dancing with her boyfriend in a video taken five months ago.
Footage shows Karen Carter throwing her arms up in the air to Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’ with businessman Jean-Francois Guerrier in the middle of a packed dance floor.
It was taken in December outside Café Village in Trémolat where the pair worked closely together at a fish and chip van right outside of the bar.
Karen, 65, was found viciously stabbed to death by Jean-Francois outside of her home last week over her chest, groin, arm and leg as she was returning from a village wine tasting with friends.
The mum-of-four had tried to defend against the ‘frenzied attack,’ which left her with catastrophic wounds, including to her aorta, the autopsy found.
Investigators believe her killer might have been motivated by a grudge.
Karen had promised to call Jean-Francois when she got home safe, but when the call never arrived, he drove to her house and discovered hey laying in a pool of blood near the holiday properties she rented with her husband, MailOnline reports.
A friend described Karen as ‘a strong businesswoman who had an air of authority about her’.
She claimed Karen was ‘trying to divorce her husband in South Africa but he wasn’t keen on that’.
Her husband Alan Carter had been expected to fly to France from South Africa yesterday afternoon.
Karen had travelled to Trémolat, 65 miles east of Bordeaux, by herself last month and had been spending time alone in the French countryside.
The friend told the Mail on Sunday: ‘Karen had apparently been in a relationship with Jean-Francois Guerrier for a few weeks. It was really early days.
‘By all accounts, she was very happy in that new relationship but she kept it quiet and was quite modest about it.’
Jean-Francois was initially questioned but subsequently released by French authorities.
Alan had been unaware of the pair’s relationship, and said it had left him with ‘a feeling of complete betrayal’.
He told The Times: ‘It was so obvious that Jean-François had an affection for Karen, and I feel he took advantage of the time we were spending apart.
‘I felt the Café Village attracted a lonely bunch of people who had nothing else to throw their lives into. I felt they were having a strong influence on Karen, and she really did not know that much about them.’
The husband and wife had last spoke on the morning of her death, and only learnt about the murder from a cousin who had a read a post on Facebook.
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