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France crime: Thousands mourn murdered jogger Alexia Daval

Alexia Daval's husband Jonathan Daval passes behind an Alexia poster during a silent march gathering more than 8000 people in Gray, 5 NovemberImage copyrightAFP
Image captionJonathan Daval passed behind a poster of his murdered wife during the silent march
Family and friends have joined a march of some 10,000 people through a French town in response to the murder of a local woman who vanished last weekend.
The burnt body of Alexia Daval, 29, who disappeared while jogging, was found in woodland near Gray, a town in the north-eastern region of Haute-Saone.
An autopsy has found she was strangled. No arrests have been made and her attacker's identity remains unknown.
Women have honoured her with symbolic runs in cities across France.
The silent march through Gray, France, 5 NovemberImage copyrightAFP
Image captionMrs Daval's family led Sunday's silent march
In Gray, a quiet town of 5,000 residents, people marched in silence on Sunday and listened to speeches by her grieving husband Jonathan Daval and other family members.
Mrs Daval, a bank worker, went out for a run on Saturday 28 October. After not hearing from her for several hours, her husband called the police.
Women jog through Paris, 4 NovemberImage copyrightEPA
Image captionWomen - and some men too - jogged through Paris on Saturday in Mrs Daval's memory
Her body was eventually found covered in foliage in a wood far from her normal jogging route.
A source close to the investigation told AFP news agency there were no preliminary indications she had been raped.
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Addressing the rally in Gray, Mrs Daval's mother, Isabelle Fouillot, paid tribute to the women and men who had gone out running to commemorate her daughter and other victims of violence against women.
"With these sporting gestures, you are making Alexia into a strong symbol, one of the freedom for all women to enjoy running and to live," she said through her tears.

Source: www.bbc.com 

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