Murdered woman's mother relieved to have "truth" at last A man charged with murdering his wife in a case that gripped France has admitted partially burning her body after brutally beating her, following a meticulous police reconstruction of the events.Jonathann Daval, 35, had in January 2018 confessed to killing his wife Alexia in October 2017 after initially posing as a distraught husband. But Daval had until now not admitted to burning her body after the crime, an omission that had continued to distress Alexia's parents. SOUNDBITE of Alexia's parents discussing their reaction to his admission(COMPLETES VID1358161_EN)