The partially buried body of the young Filipina, 19, was discovered on Saturday during a search organized by relatives.
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A man suspected of killing Philippine, a 19-year-old student, whose body was found buried Saturday in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, was arrested Tuesday, September 24 in Switzerland, franceinfo learned from a source close to the investigation, confirming information from the Actu 17 website. According to the website, the individual is 22 years old and was arrested in Geneva.
The suspect, of Moroccan nationality, is known to the French justice system for a rape case dating back to 2019. The events occurred in a wood in Taverny (Val d’Oise). He is registered in the file of perpetrators of sexual or violent offenses. The young man was subject to an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), franceinfo also learned from a close source.
The 19-year-old woman disappeared late Friday afternoon. She had been last seen at Paris-Dauphine University at 2 p.m. She was then due to go to her parents’ house in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Philippine’s relatives had quickly organized themselves and had posted missing persons notices everywhere, including on the internet. The Sorority app, “mutual aid community”said to have broadcast “a search notice following her worrying disappearance to support her loved ones and try to find her as quickly as possible”.