Parents of murdered French woman react after husband confesses A Frenchman charged with murdering his wife in a case that gripped France on Monday admitted to partially burning her body after brutally beating her, following a meticulous police reconstruction of the events, the prosecutor said. "Alexia can finally rest in peace" said Daval's mother. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES(COMPLETES VID1358175_EN AND VID1358161_EN)