Murder Charges

The accused are Mr Couraud's ex-partner Miri Tatarata and a friend, Francis Stein, who are said to have had an affair at the time.

The two, who are both top officials in the French Polynesian administration, were charged after being detained for two days of interrogations.

The pair have been released but are under judicial control pending further action.

Ms Tatarata's lawyer has described the murder charge as scandalous.

Reports say the two accused have given conflicting accounts of the day when the journalist, known locally as JPK, was last seen.

Patricia Dagorn, who faces a life sentence if found guilty, denies the charges.

Police believe Ms Dagorn met at least 20 men through a matchmaking agency between 2011 and 2012.

She allegedly asked most of them for money, or to name her in their wills.

Ms Dagorn, 57, is already serving a five-year prison term for fraud and theft.

After that trial, police re-opened an earlier investigation into the death of a man she had lived with, Michel Kneffel.

Authorities say Brittany Pilkington confessed to killing her 3-month-old son last week, a 4-year-old brother in April and a baby brother last July.

The Logan County Prosecutor says the 23-year-old Pilkington was jealous at the attention her husband paid the boys over her and their young daughter. Pilkington's attorney entered the not guilty pleas at a hearing Wednesday. If convicted, she could get the death penalty.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters also said the officer "purposely killed him" and "should never have been a police officer."

Deters announced the grand jury indictment at a news conference to discuss developments in the investigation into the July 19 shooting of 43-year-old motorist Samuel DuBose by Officer Ray Tensing.